WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Hospital care

H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Care for America Act - Cost per Average Family: $14876.96

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3962 would provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending....

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S. 1796, The America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1796 would provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending....

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S. 1679, The Affordable Health Choices Act

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1679 would make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce....

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S. 1585, A bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1585 would permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services....

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H.R. 3422, The Medicare Support for Rural Hospitals Act

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3422 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make temporary improvements to the Medicare inpatient payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals....

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H.R. 3430, The DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3430 would establish a Medicare DSH pilot program under which participants shall establish collaborative care networks to reduce the use of emergency departments, inpatient and other expensive resources of hospitals and other providers and provide more comprehensive and coordinated care to low-income individuals, including those without health insurance coverage, and to establish a Collaborative Care Network Center....

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H.R. 3391, To allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3391 would allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth....

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S. 1522, The Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2009

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1522 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program....

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S. 1518, The Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2009

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1518 would amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp Lejeune....

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H.R. 3219, The Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $8.35

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3219 would amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to insurance and health care....

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H.R. 3278, To provide for a hospital in Cass County, Minnesota

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3278 would provide for a hospital in Cass County, Minnesota....

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S. 1479, A bill to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1479 would provide for the treatment of certain hospitals....

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H.R. 3256, The Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3256 would amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program....

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S. 1390, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Cost per Average Family: $6644.89

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1390 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and it would prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year....

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H.R. 3185, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3185 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs....

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H.R. 3172, The Senior Navigation and Planning Act of 2009

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3172 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for advanced illness care management services for Medicare beneficiaries....

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H.R. 3151, The Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3151 would permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services....

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H.R. 3141, The Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net Act of 2009

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3141 would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a DSH redistribution pool from unexpended Medicaid DSH allotments in order to increase Medicaid DSH allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for health access networks serving the uninsured....

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S. 1391, The Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1391 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, and it would prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year....

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H.R. 3074, The Medicare Payment Fairness Act of 2009

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3074 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the Medicare physician hospital service and for inpatient hospital services....

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H.R. 3067, The Health Security for All Americans Act of 2009

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3067 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform Medicare payments to physicians and certain other providers and improve Medicare benefits, it would encourage the offering of health coverage by small businesses, it would provide tax incentives for the purchase of health insurance by individuals, it would increase access to health care for veterans, and it would address the nursing shortage....

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H.R. 3090, The Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3090 would improve the health of minority individuals....

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H.R. 3000, To establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3000 would establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery....

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S. 1295, The Medicare Transitional Care Act of 2009

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1295 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care under the Medicare program....

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H.R. 2937, The MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2937 would prevent health care facility-acquired infections....

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