Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2013
Latest action · Nov 21, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the use of certain data by qualified public or private entities to evaluate the performance of service providers and suppliers under Medicare insurance programs.
Authorizes a qualified entity to: (1) use Medicare data, and information derived from service provider and supplier performance evaluations, for additional non-public analyses; or (2) provide or sell such data and analyses to specified health care-related entities for non-public use (including for purposes of assisting service providers and suppliers to develop and participate in quality and patient care improvement activities, particularly development of new models of care).
Conditions such authorization upon a data use agreement between a qualified entity and a specified health care-related entity under which the latter: (1) may not re-sell such data or analyses; and (2) shall comply with the qualified entity's privacy and security policies in using such data or analyses.
Prescribes a civil money penalty for unauthorized use of data and analyses.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide Medicare claims data to qualified clinical data registries for purposes of linking it with clinical outcomes data and performing and disseminating risk-adjusted, scientifically valid research to support quality improvement.
Prohibits a qualified clinical data registry from reporting publicly any claims data thus made available that individually identifies a service provider or supplier without prior consent.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2013 to Jul 16, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Jul 16, 2014 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Nov 21, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced in Senate
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