Weekly Legislative & Regulatory Round-up
Week of June 27 - July 2
| GAO reports |
No relevant reports.
| OIG reports |
Medicare Part B Chemotherapy Administration: Payment and Policy (OEI-09-08-00190)
| Bills introduced |
|
Number/ Title |
Date Introduced | Sponsor | Description |
H.R. 3065 |
6/26/09 |
JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL) |
A bill to establish a chronic care improvement demonstration program for Medicaid beneficiaries with severe mental illnesses; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
H.R. 3067 |
6/26/09 |
TOM LATHAM (R-IA) |
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform Medicare payments to physicians and certain other providers and improve Medicare benefits, to encourage the offering of health coverage by small businesses, to provide tax incentives for the purchase of health insurance by individuals, to increase access to health care for veterans, to address the nursing shortage, and for other purposes; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services. |
H.R. 3069 |
6/26/09 |
CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY) |
A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations in the United States with such outcomes in unvaccinated populations in the United States, and for other purposes; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
H.R. 3071 |
6/26/09 |
WM. LACY CLAY (D-MO) |
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center, to authorize grants for State organ and tissue donor registries, and for other purposes; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
H.R. 3074 |
6/26/09 |
KEITH ELLISON (D-MN) |
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the Medicare physician hospital service and for inpatient hospital services; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means. |
H.R. 3089 |
6/26/09 |
KATHY CASTOR (D-FL) |
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for standardized marketing requirements under the Medicare Advantage program and the Medicare Prescription Drug program and to provide for State certification prior to waiver of licensure requirements under the Medicare Prescription Drug program, and for other purposes; Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
H.R. 3090 |
6/26/09 |
DONNA CHRISTENSEN (D-VI) |
A bill to improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, and Agriculture. |
H.R. 3091 |
6/26/09 |
JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY) |
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for increased use of HIV screening tests under the Medicaid Program; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
H.R. 3092 |
6/26/09 |
KATHY DAHLKEMPER (D-PA) |
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to cover medical nutritional therapy as part of Medicaid; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
H.R. 3095 |
6/26/09 |
PARKER GRIFFITH (D-AL) |
A bill to improve the information in databases for individuals with cancer in the United States and to amend the Social Security Act to provide increased coverage for uninsured individuals upon first diagnosis of cancer; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means. |
H.R. 3098 |
6/26/09 |
CAROLYN KILPATRICK (D-MI) |
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
H.R. 3104 |
6/26/09 |
TIM MURPHY (R-PA) |
A bill to require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, and for other purposes; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
H.R. 3108 |
6/26/09 |
MIKE ROSS (D-AR) |
A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to promote medication therapy management under the Medicare part D prescription drug program; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means. |
H.R. 3109 |
6/26/09 |
HARRY TEAGUE (D-NM) |
A bill to improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas in the United States by addressing the supply of health professionals and the distribution of health professionals to areas of need; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Natural Resources. |
| Federal Register notices |
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Proposed Project: Data Collection Tool for Rural Hospital Flexibility
Grant Program: (New)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Action: Notice
SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection
project: ``Building an Implementation Toolset for E-Prescribing.'' In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public to comment on this
proposed information collection.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection
project: ``Health IT Community Tracking Study 2009.'' In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), AHRQ
invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research
and Quality Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's Healthcare
in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP)
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, this notice announces a meeting of the
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's Healthcare in Medicaid
and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP).
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicaid Program; Health Care-Related Taxes
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: This rule finalizes our proposal to delay enforcement of
certain clarifications regarding standards for determining hold
harmless arrangements in the final rule entitled, ``Medicaid Program;
Health Care-Related Taxes'' from the expiration of a Congressional
moratorium on enforcement from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicaid Program: Rescission of School-Based Administration/
Transportation Final Rule, Outpatient Hospital Services Final Rule, and
Partial Rescission of Case Management Interim Final Rule
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: This rule finalizes our proposal to rescind the December 28,
2007 final rule entitled, ``Elimination of Reimbursement under Medicaid
for School Administration Expenditures and Costs Related to
Transportation of School-Age Children Between Home and School;'' the
November 7, 2008 final rule entitled, ``Clarification of Outpatient
Hospital Facility (Including Outpatient Hospital Clinic) Services
Definition;'' and certain provisions of the December 4, 2007 interim
final rule entitled, ``Optional State Plan Case Management Services.''
These regulations have been the subject of Congressional moratoria and
have not yet been implemented (or, with respect to the case management
interim final rule, have only been partially implemented) by CMS. In
light of concerns raised about the adverse effects that could result
from these regulations, in particular, the potential restrictions on
services available to beneficiaries and the lack of clear evidence
demonstrating that the approaches taken in the regulations are
warranted, CMS is rescinding the two final rules in full, and partially
rescinding the interim final rule. Rescinding these provisions will
permit further opportunity to determine the best approach to further
the objectives of the Medicaid program in providing necessary health
benefits coverage to needy individuals.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology; HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to the public.
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology; HIT Policy Committee's Certification/Adoption Workgroup
Meeting; Notice of Meeting
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
This notice announces a forthcoming subcommittee meeting of a
Federal advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to
the public.
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology; HIT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to the public.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital and
Health Care Complexes Cost Report and supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
413.20 and 413.24.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: The Medicare
Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS).