H.R.5122 - To prohibit further action on the proposed rule regarding testing of Medicare part B prescription drug models. 114th Congress (2015-2016) Bill Hide Overview
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What is Section 592 of the Medicare Act?
(Sec. 592) Revises the formula by which government contributions are made to the Medicare-Eligible Uniformed Services Retiree Health Care Fund (for the financing of health care for military retirees who are also eligible for health care under Medicare).
What is Section 222 of the MDA Act?
(Sec. 222) Prohibits any DOD funds from being obligated or expended for the testing or deployment of a space-based interceptor until 90 days after a report from the MDA Director to the defense and appropriations committees.
What is Ra 583 all about?
(Sec. 583) Amends the Reagan Act to include within a required annual report on sexual assaults in the military the results of any disciplinary actions taken.
What is title 731 of the TRICARE Act?
Subtitle C: Planning, Programming, and Management - (Sec. 731) Requires, effective as of the next contract option period for managed care support contracts under TRICARE, the standardization of claims processing under the TRICARE program with such processing under the Medicare program.
What is H.R. 5122?
5122 would prevent the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing a proposed demonstration to modify payment for prescription drugs covered under Part B of the Medicare program. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) will manage the demonstration, and, under current law, CMMI has broad authority and funding to test various projects.
How does H.R. 5122 affect Medicare?
As discussed further below, to estimate the effects of H.R. 5122, CBO first estimated how implementing the demonstration will affect Medicare spending. The effects of blocking the demonstration under H.R. 5122 would be the reverse of that estimate, offset in part by the effects of CMMI’s authority to pursue alternative demonstrations that would have the potential to generate effects similar to those effects of the proposed demonstration. All told, CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 5122 would increase direct spending by about $395 million over the 2017-2026 period.
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State Discipline of Physicians: Assessing State Medical Boards thruogh Case Studies
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to thank the many people who contributed to this monograph.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
State Medical Boards that license and discipline physicians play an important and insufficiently studied role in medical quality assurance. This project gathered information on Boards structures, processes for disciplining physicians, especially those relevant to improving medical quality, and methods of self-assessment.
BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION
This project described State Medical Boards disciplinary processes, assessed measurement of disciplinary performance, and identified practices that Boards believe effectively improve their functioning.
MOTIVATION AND GOALS OF THE PROJECT
State Medical Boards are one of the earliest public interventions in medical quality, dating from the turn of the last century (Ameringer 1999), and have newly attracted attention in the recent surge of interest in medical quality (Bodenheimer 1999), safety (Kohn et al. 2000), and medical litigation reform (Mello et al. 2003).
DATA AND METHODS
We base the findings presented in this report on information derived from four sources--a review of the literature, discussions with national experts, case studies of State Medical Boards in six states, and analysis of data from national data sets.
THE REGULATORY LOGIC OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS
Medical regulation is an exercise of states inherent police power to protect public health and welfare. State enabling statutes, typically called medical practice acts, date from a century ago. Protecting the public is today generally recognized as the main rationale for State Medical Boards (OIG 1986; Finocchio et al. 1998, p.5, FSMB 2003a).
