WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Hospital care

S. 3301, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $1079.09

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3301 would make appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009....

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H.R. 6445, To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who are catastrophically disabled - Cost per Average Family: $8.33

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6445 would amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who are catastrophically disabled....

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S. 2819, The Economic Recovery in Health Care Act of 2008

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2819 would preserve access to Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic downturn....

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H.R. 5545, The Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5545 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify Medicare physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce....

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S. 2729, The Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2729 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify Medicare physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce....

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H.R. 5465, The Military Pain Care Act of 2008

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5465 would require the Department of Defense to implement a pain care initiative....

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H.R. 5033, The Hospital Price Reporting and Disclosure Act of 2007

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5033 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center services and drugs....

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S. 2525, The MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2525 would prevent health care facility-acquired infections....

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P.L. 110-173, The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $21.03

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2499 would amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs....

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S. 2460, A bill to extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and on finalization of a rule regarding graduate medical education under Medicaid and to include a moratorium on the finalization of the outpatient Medicaid rule making similar changes

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2460 would extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and on finalization of a rule regarding graduate medical education under Medicaid and to include a moratorium on the finalization of the outpatient Medicaid rule making similar changes....

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H.R. 4331, The Attacking Viral Influenza Across Nations Act of 2008

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4331 would amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic....

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H.R. 4287, The Medicare Provider Accountability Act

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4287 would include Medicare provider payments in the Federal Payment Levy Program, and it would require the Department of Health and Human Services to offset Medicare provider payments by the amount of the provider's delinquent Federal debt....

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S. 2381, The Medicare Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2007

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2381 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals under the Medicare program....

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H.R. 4214, The Community and Healthcare-Associated Infections Reduction Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4214 would improve the prevention, detection, and treatment of community and healthcare-associated infections (CHAI), with a focus on antibiotic-resistant bacteria....

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H.R. 4248, The Ensuring Medicare Access to Recreational Therapy Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4248 would ensure access to recreational therapy in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, inpatient psychiatric facilities, and skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare Program....

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H.R. 4146, To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the availability of emergency medical care for veterans in non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4146 would amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the availability of emergency medical care for veterans in non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities....

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H.R. 4138, The Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4138 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to impose minimum nurse staffing ratios in Medicare participating hospitals....

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H.R. 4104, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4104 would make appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

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S. 2278, The Community and Healthcare-Associated Infections Reduction Act of 2007

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2278 would improve the prevention, detection, and treatment of community and healthcare-associated infections (CHAI), with a focus on antibiotic-resistant bacteria....

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H.R. 3886, The Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3886 would optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce....

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S. 2188, The Medicare Access to Community Health Centers (MATCH) Act of 2007

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2188 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a prospective payment system instead of the reasonable cost-based reimbursement method for Medicare-covered services provided by Federally qualified health centers and to expand the scope of such covered services to account for expansions in the scope of services provided by Federally qualified health centers since the inclusion of such services for coverage under the Medicare Program....

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S. 2141, The Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2141 would amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program....

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S. 2102, The Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2007

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2102 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits, and it would eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions....

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H.R. 3338, The Southern New Jersey Veterans Comprehensive Health Care Act

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3338 would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the capability of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the medical-care needs of veterans in southern New Jersey....

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H.R. 3163, The Healthy Americans Act

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3163 would provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away....

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