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US Congress 115th Congress

Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 [S.870] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Senior Citizens ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Science ]
Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: extend the Independence at Home demonstration program; modify provisions regarding access to home dialysis therapy under Medicare and special needs plans under Medicare Advantage (MA); expand testing of the MA Value-Based Insurance Design test model; allow an MA plan to provide additional telehealth benefits to enrollees and, to chronically ill enrollees, certain supplemental health (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Committee On Finance. Reported By Senator Hatch With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-146. on 08/03/2017

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PIMA of 2017 Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2017 [HB-2066] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
PIMA of 2017 Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2017 This bill expands Medicare's prohibition on physician self-referrals to include, with specified exceptions, certain advanced imaging, anatomic pathology, radiation therapy, and physical therapy services. Additionally, the bill establishes increased civil monetary penalties for violations of the self-referral prohibition with respect to those services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall conduct a compliance review with respect to such referrals.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/21/2017

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Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation Act of 2017 [HB-1840] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for 50% of the clinical testing expenses for: (1) infectious disease products that are intended to treat a serious or life-threatening infection, including one caused by an antibacterial or antifungal resistant pathogen or a qualifying pathogen listed by the Department of Health and Human Services as having the potential to pose a serious threat to public health; and (2) in-vitro diagnostic devices that identify in less (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby Rush Introduced In House on 03/30/2017

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Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act of 2017 [S.787] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Senior Citizens ] [Social Security ] [Telecommunications ]
Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends titles XI (General Provisions) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish: (1) a telehealth service model, and (2) Medicare payment rules with respect to certain services tested under the model. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall test Medicare coverage of expanded telehealth services, as defined by the bill, in conjunction with existing models that test the use of accountable care organizations, bundled payments, and other coordinated care (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/30/2017

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Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 [HB-1783] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Military ] [Public Health ]
Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) develop a plan for working with institutions of higher education to develop partnerships for the establishment or expansion of programs of advanced degrees in prosthetics and orthotics in order to improve and enhance the availability of high quality prosthetic and orthotic care for veterans; and (2) provide full practice authority to advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and such other licensed VA health care (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/12/2017

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Save Our Seas Act of 2018 [S.756] [Environmental ] [Trade ] [International ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ] [Science ] [Funding ]
Save Our Seas Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. (Sec. 3) The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Signed By President. on 12/21/2018

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