A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services, to implement a performance-based payment methodology for the provision of such services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher: [United States Government Printing Office]
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Hospital care; Quality control; Law and legislation; Merit pay; Medicare
Other titles: Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology) Act of 2008.; 110th Congress, 2d Session, H.R. 7067 in the House of Representatives.; To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services, to implement a performance-based payment methodology for the provision of such services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
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Introduced September 25, 2008; referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.