Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1193
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Chronically ill
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health education
Health facilities
Health information systems
Health surveys
Home care services
Hospital rates
Inspectors general
Kidney diseases
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical supplies
Medicare
Physicians
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Quality of life
Science, Technology, Communications
Self-care
Social Welfare
Technical education
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish demonstration projects to: (1) increase public awareness about the factors that lead to chronic kidney disease, how to prevent it, how to treat it, and how to avoid kidney failure, as well as enhance surveillance systems and expand research to better assess the prevalence and incidence of kidney disease; and (2) enable individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to develop self-management skills.
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare coverage of kidney disease patient education services.

 Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish blood flow monitoring demonstration projects; and (2) arrange with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate the barriers to increasing the number of individuals with ESRD who elect to receive home dialysis services or other treatment modalities under Medicare. 

Sets forth required training for patient care dialysis technicians.

Directs the Secretary to establish an independent, multidisciplinary, nonpartisan End-Stage Renal Disease Advisory Committee.
 
Establishes the annual update framework for the Medicare ESRD composite rate.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a three-year continuous quality improvement initiative under which quality payments are provided to renal dialysis facilities, providers of services, and physicians that: (1) provide items and services to individuals with ESRD enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); and (2) meet quality benchmarks and demonstrate quality improvements. 
 
Requires the Secretary to make quality incentive payments to facilities and providers whose services to individuals with ESRD have substantially improved or exceeded a certain threshold.
 
Extends Medicare as secondary payer with respect to individuals with ESRD.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E402)
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House