Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Latest action · Jun 12, 2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S5564)
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.
- IntroducedJun 6, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for coverage of additional preventive services.
Provides for gradual elimination of copayment rates for Medicare psychiatric services.
Places prohibitions and limitations on certain sales and marketing activities under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and prescription drug plans.
Requires offering of a range of Medicare supplemental policies.
Extends the qualifying individual program.
Provides for application of a full low-income subsidy assets test under the Medicare Savings Program.
Eliminates Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) late enrollment penalties paid by subsidy-eligible individuals.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states for state health insurance assistance programs, area agencies on aging, and aging and disability resource centers.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to states for increasing the delivery of mental health services or other health care services to meet the needs of veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom living in rural areas.
Permits rebasing for sole community hospitals.
Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project for development and testing of new community health integration models in certain rural counties.
Amends the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, to extend through FY2009 the reclassification of certain hospitals.
Increases physicians' payments. Revises requirements for and extends the quality reporting system, including incentive payments.
Directs the Secretary to establish a Physician Feedback Program.
Provides for: (1) incentives for electronic prescribing of medicine; (2) expanded access to primary care services; (3) extension of the floor on Medicare work geographic adjustment under the Medicare physician fee schedule; and (4) an accreditation requirement for advanced diagnostic imaging services.
Revises requirements for Medicare anesthesia teaching programs.
Makes permanent the exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians over a longer continuous period during all of which one of them is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces.
Provides for coverage of pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation.
Revises payment rules for power-driven wheelchairs.
Extends increased Medicare payments for ground ambulance services.
Amends the Public Health Services Act to direct the Secretary to establish pilot projects with respect to chronic kidney disease.
Revises requirements for renal dialysis.
Provides for phase-out of indirect costs of medical education from capitation rates.
Revises requirements for MA private fee-for-service plans as well as MA plans for special needs individuals.
Modifies requirements for quality improvement programs.
Requires prompt payment of clean claims by prescription drug plans and MA-Prescription Drug plans under Medicare part D.
Revises the definition of medically accepted indication for drugs.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract with a consensus-based entity for certain activities relating to health care performance measurement; and (2) evaluate and report to Congress on approaches for the collection of data regarding health care disparities.
Creates the Medicare Improvement Fund.
Extends the transitional medical assistance (TMA), the abstinence education program, and allotments for disproportionate share hospitals (DSHs) under SSA title XIX (Medicaid).
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to extend supplemental grants under SSA title IV part D (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF).
Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend special diabetes grant programs.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate 149 | On the Cloture Motion S. 3101 | Cloture Motion Rejected54–39 | Jun 12, 2008 |
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 6, 2008 to Jun 11, 2008; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Jun 6, 2008 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Jun 6, 2008 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Jun 6, 2008 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Jun 11, 2008 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2008Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5539-5564)
- Jun 12, 2008Cloture not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 39. Record Vote Number: 149. (consideration: CR S5564)
- Jun 12, 2008Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure [Record Vote Number 149] made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5564)
- Jun 12, 2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S5564)
- Jun 11, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5467-5468)
- Jun 10, 2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5431)
- Jun 10, 2008Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S5431; text: CR S5431)
- Jun 10, 2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
- Jun 9, 2008Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 772.
- Jun 6, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jun 6, 2008Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Pursuant to the order of the Senate of June 6, 2008.
In the Congressional Record 8
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6320 | Arlen Specter D-PA | Jun 27, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5794 | Jon Kyl R-AZ, Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Jun 19, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5710 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Jun 18, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5539, S5546–S5551, S5553–S5564, S5576–S5578Amendments S5634, S5635Cloture motions S5564Recorded votes S5564cloture motion on motion to proceed | Arlen Specter D-PA, Barbara Boxer D-CA (cloture motion), Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD (cloture motion), Bernard Sanders I-VT (cloture motion), Bill Nelson D-FL (amendment), Blanche L. Lincoln D-AR (cloture motion), Byron L. Dorgan D-ND, Carl Levin D-MI (amendment), Charles E. Schumer D-NY (cloture motion), Chuck Grassley R-IA, Debbie Stabenow D-MI (amendment, cloture motion), Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ (amendment), Harry Reid D-NV (amendment, cloture motion), Jack Reed D-RI (cloture motion), Jeff Bingaman D-NM (cloture motion), John Cornyn R-TX, John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV (cloture motion), John F. Kerry D-MA (cloture motion), Jon Tester D-MT (cloture motion), Judd Gregg R-NH, Ken Salazar D-CO (cloture motion), Maria Cantwell D-WA (cloture motion), Mark L. Pryor D-AR (amendment), Max Baucus D-MT (cloture motion), Michael B. Enzi R-WY, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Olympia J. Snowe R-ME, Orrin G. Hatch R-UT, Patrick J. Leahy D-VT (cloture motion), Patty Murray D-WA (cloture motion), Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Robert Menendez D-NJ (amendment), Ron Wyden D-OR (cloture motion), Saxby Chambliss R-GA, Sherrod Brown D-OH (amendment), Tim Johnson D-SD (amendment) | Jun 12, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5467, S5506–S5509, S5512, S5514–S5516, S5530 | Debbie Stabenow D-MI, Harry Reid D-NV, Ken Salazar D-CO, Max Baucus D-MT, Ron Wyden D-OR, Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI, Tom Coburn R-OK | Jun 11, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Jun 11, 2008S. 3101, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 6, 2008, with a proposed amendment</p>
- Jun 11, 2008S. 3101, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 6, 2008</p>
- Jun 11, 2008S. 3101, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 6, 2008, with a proposed amendment
- Jun 11, 2008S. 3101, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 6, 2008
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-86 | ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE: ISSUES OF REFORM134 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Jun 10, 2008 |
Amendments 2
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 4980 | No description on file | Bill Nelson D-FL | Senate amendment submitted |
| SA 4981 | No description on file | Harry Reid D-NV | Senate amendment submitted |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6212 | Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008 | Related bill | Jun 17, 2008 |
| HR 6331 | Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 | Related bill | Jul 15, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Accreditation (Medical care)
- Afghanistan
- Aid to dependent children
- Ambulances
- Ambulatory care
- Anesthetics
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Capitation (Medical care)
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Cash welfare block grants
- Chronically ill
- Coinsurance
- Commerce
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Diabetes
- Disabled
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic data interchange
- Emergency Management
- Families
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health insurance
- Higher education
- Hospital rates
- Hospitals
- Housing and Community Development
- Imaging systems in medicine
- Insurance premiums
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Kidney diseases
- Lung diseases
- Marketing
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical fees
- Medical statistics
- Medically uninsured
- Medicare
- Medigap
- Mental health services
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military operations
- Minorities
- Minority health
- Performance measurement
- Physicians
- Prescription pricing
- Preventive medicine
- Quality of care
- Rural health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Self-help devices for the disabled
- Sexual abstinence
- Social Welfare
- South Asia
- Subsidies
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2008Placed on Calendar Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
