Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
Latest action · Jul 20, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to define "long-term care hospital" and establish new patient criteria for long-term care hospital prospective payments.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve under Medicare distinct part inpatient rehabilitation hospital units in long-term care hospitals, if rehabilitation services are not included within a major diagnostic category.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the appropriate congressional committees recommendations on the promulgation of national long-term care hospital facility and patient criteria; and (2), after rulemaking, implement them.
Amends SSA title XI to require a peer review organization to review on a hospital-specific basis the medical necessity of admissions to, and continued stay at, long-term care hospitals of Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) patients.
Directs the Secretary, with certain exceptions, to impose a temporary moratorium on the Medicare certification of new long-term care hospitals (and satellite facilities).
Directs the Secretary not to apply the 25% patient threshold payment adjustment to freestanding and grandfathered long-term hospitals.
States that payments to an applicable long-term care hospital or satellite facility, located in a rural area or co-located with an urban single or MSA dominant hospital, shall not be subject to any payment adjustment if no more than 75% percent of its Medicare discharges are admitted from a co-located hospital.
Provides that payment to an applicable long-term care hospital or satellite facility co-located with another hospital shall not be subject to such payment adjustments, if no more than 50% of its Medicare discharges are admitted from a co-located hospital.
Prohibits the Secretary from applying certain proposed amendments to the short-stay outlier payment policy for certain long-term care hospitals.
Prohibits the Secretary from making a certain one-time prospective adjustment to long-term care hospital prospective payment rates.
Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on appropriate quality measures for Medicare patients receiving care in long-term care hospitals.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2007 to Oct 2, 2008; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Jul 17, 2007 |
| R-PA | Phil English | Original | Jul 17, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| D-TN | John S. Tanner | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| R-KY | Ron Lewis | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| R-LA | Bobby Jindal | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Thelma D. Drake | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Oct 2, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 20, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 17, 2007Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1958 | Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 | Related bill | Aug 2, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure and foster continued patient quality of care by establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals and related improvements under the Medicare Program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Case mix (Medical care)
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Hospital care
- Hospital rates
- Hospitals
- Housing and Community Development
- Law
- Long-term care
- Medicare
- Peer review organizations (Medicine)
- Quality of care
- Rural health
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2007Introduced in House
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