Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016

Summary

Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: establish certain health care quality measures with respect to rural providers; include such measures within specified Medicare payment models;  revise certain requirements related to specified Medicare grants for rural emergency medical services and critical access hospitals; require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a hospital readmissions reduction program for rural hospitals, a model for incentivizing rural providers to submit data on applicable quality measures, and value-based payment models for services furnished by rural providers; and require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to participate in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus test model.

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Timeline

1. 13 July 2016

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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2. 13 July 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in Senate · 13 July 2016 · Download file

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Sponsors

• Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
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