To provide for a study of anesthesia services furnished under the Medicare Program, and to expand arrangements under which certified registered nurse anesthetists may furnish such services.

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Bill Number

HR 716

Introduced

Feb 14, 2001

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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Administrative procedure Ambulatory care Anesthetics Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government statistics Governmental investigations Health Hospital care Hospital patients Law Medical statistics Medicare Mortality Nurses Physicians Quality of care Social Welfare Standards Surgery

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Summary

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a multistate comparative study for a report to Congress on mortality and adverse outcome rates of Medicare patients by providers of anesthesia services and by type of such providers.

Requires the Secretary to revise any regulations establishing conditions of Medicare participation for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers relating to anesthesia services to provide that nurse anesthetists may furnish such services under: (1) the medical direction of an immediately available anesthesiologist; (2) the supervision of an immediately available physician; or (3) a written collaboration agreement with an immediately available physician or physician group experienced in anesthesia administration and credentialed by the hospital and ambulatory surgical center to participate in such collaboration.

Actions

Mar 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 28, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 14, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Feb 14, 2001

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