Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017 [HB-1844]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the VA's existing authority to furnish health care to veterans at non-VA facilities to provide health care at non-VA facilities to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest VA medical facility providing the care they seek.
HB-1844: Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/31/2017
Cancer Care Payment Reform Act of 2017 [HB-1834]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Cancer Care Payment Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish the Oncology Medical Home Demonstration Project, through which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall make special payments to participating oncology practices that coordinate patient care and meet other specified requirements. During the first two years of the project, CMS shall pay a care coordination management fee to each such practice. After the third, fourth, and fifth years of the project, CMS shall pay
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HB-1834: Cancer Care Payment Reform Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Sewell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/12/2017
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017 [HB-1838]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Public Health ]
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the payment system for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revise quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) require the Department of Health and Human
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HB-1838: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/12/2017
VET CARE Act of 2017 Veterans Early Treatment for Chronic Ailment Resurgence through Examinations Act of 2017 [HB-1749]
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[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
VET CARE Act of 2017 Veterans Early Treatment for Chronic Ailment Resurgence through Examinations Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) carry out a four-year pilot program in five Veterans Health Administration facilities to provide outpatient dental services and treatment, and related dental appliances, to eligible veterans at no cost; and (2) determine whether there is a correlation between veterans receiving such services and their suffering fewer complications of chronic ailments, thereby yielding a lower
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HB-1749: VET CARE Act of 2017 Veterans Early Treatment for Chronic Ailment Resurgence through Examinations Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Introduced In House on 03/28/2017