Medicare Value and Quality Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a mechanism for providing economic incentives to providers of inpatient hospital services that deliver high-quality health care at low costs to encourage the provision of high-quality cost-effective health care to beneficiaries under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to establish a value and quality ranking methodology for the award of bonus payments to such providers.
Actions
Jun 27, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 24, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.