WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Hospitals

S. 3586, The Green Hospitals, Healthy Hospitals Act of 2008

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3586 would provide loans to hospitals and nonprofit health care institutions to implement green building technologies, waste management techniques, and other environmentally sustainable practices to improve employee performance, reduce healthcare costs, and improve patient outcomes....

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S. 3582, The Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3582 would require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the Medicare urban hospital wage floor....

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S. 3588, The Healthy Food for Healthy Lives Act of 2008

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3588 would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to hospitals and other nonprofit inpatient healthcare institutions, Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, and other social service programs for the acquisition of local nutritious agricultural products....

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H.R. 2583, The Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.04

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2583 would amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs....

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H.R. 6966, The Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6966 would require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the Medicare urban hospital wage floor....

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H.R. 6912, The Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6912 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for temporary improvements to the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to provide for the use of the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program....

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S. 3468, The Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3468 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs....

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H.R. 6832, The Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6832 would authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, to extend certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs....

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P.L. 110-275, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.29

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6331 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, it would improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, it would enhance low-income benefit programs, and it would maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3300, The Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3300 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for temporary improvements to the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to provide for the use of the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program....

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H.R. 6466, To apply an alternative payment amount under the Medicare Program for certain graduate medical education programs established to train residents displaced by natural disasters

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6466 would apply an alternative payment amount under the Medicare Program for certain graduate medical education programs established to train residents displaced by natural disasters....

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S. 3236, The Medicare and Medicaid Extension Act of 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3236 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under Medicare and Medicaid programs....

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S. 3101, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $18.14

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3101 would 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....

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S. 3118, The Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $25.55

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3118 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas....

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S. 3117, A bill to apply an alternative payment amount under the Medicare program for certain graduate medical education programs established to train residents displaced by natural disasters

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3117 would apply an alternative payment amount under the Medicare program for certain graduate medical education programs established to train residents displaced by natural disasters....

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H.R. 6212, The Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6212 would 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....

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S. 3095, The Relief for Rural Veterans in Crisis Act of 2008

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3095 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program to increase the delivery of mental health services and other health services to veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom and to other residents of rural areas....

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H.R. 6015, The Hospital and ASC Price Disclosure and Litigation Protection Act of 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6015 would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to disclose charge-related information and it would provide price protection for treatments not covered by insurance as conditions for receiving protection from charge-related legal actions....

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H.R. 5886, The Limiting the Intrusive Miles of International Terrorist Sponsors Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5886 would restrict the diplomatic travel of officials and representatives of state sponsors of terrorism....

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H.R. 5835, The Health Promotion FIRST Act

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5835 would provide for increased planning and funding for health promotion programs of the Department of Health and Human Services....

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H.R. 5739, The Physician Availability Act of 2008

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5739 would assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds....

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P.L. 110-204, The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $2.07

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1858 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, and it would reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act....

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H.R. 3825, The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.84

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3825 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, and it would reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act....

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H.R. 5657, To clarify the authority of States to use funds as the non-Federal share of Medicaid expenditures for certain regional medical centers

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5657 would clarify the authority of States to use funds as the non-Federal share of Medicaid expenditures for certain regional medical centers....

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S. 2786, The Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act of 2008

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2786 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care under the Medicare program for beneficiaries residing in rural areas....

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