Congress 107 - HR 3027 - Geriatric Care Act of 2001

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Ambulatory care Caregivers Case management Chronically ill Coinsurance Continuum of care Disabled Drug interactions Drug utilization Economics and Public Finance Education Families Federal aid to medical education Finance and Financial Sector Geriatrics Health Health counseling Health education Higher education Human behavior Medical fees Medical residents Medical tests Medicare Physicians Preventive medicine Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Teaching hospitals Telephone

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Geriatric Care Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to payments to hospitals, rural health clinics, or Federally qualified health centers for direct graduate medical education costs and the limitation on the number of full-time-equivalent residents in allopathic and osteopathic medicine. Provides for the disregard of up to three geriatric residents in applying such limitation.

Amends SSA title XVIII, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide for Medicare coverage of care coordination and assessment services to an individual with a serious and disabling chronic condition.

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Oct 15, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 10, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 4, 2001

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.
Oct 4, 2001

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1796)
Oct 4, 2001

Introduced in House

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