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Medicare Appeals, Regulatory, and Contracting Improvement Act of 2001

1/16/2023, 9:18 AM

Congressional Summary of S 1738

Medicare Appeals, Regulatory, and Contracting Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) timelines for publication of final regulations and compliance with substantive changes after notice; (2) timeframes for the completion of the record in the appeals process; (3) contracts with Medicare administrative contractors for determining payment amounts, making payments, and providing certain provider services; (4) coordination of funding for education of service providers; and (5) standardization of random prepayment review and recovery of overpayments from Medicare administrative contractors.

Grants a one-year delay in the lock-in procedures for Medicare+Choice plans under SSA title XVIII part C.

Provides a temporary moratorium on the requirement that home health agencies collect Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data from non-Medicare patients.

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Current Status of Bill S 1738

Bill S 1738 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since November 28, 2001. Bill S 1738 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on November 28, 2001.  Bill S 1738's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. as of November 28, 2001

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 1738

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
29
Democrat Cosponsors
13
Republican Cosponsors
15
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
1

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 1738

Primary Policy Focus

Health

Potential Impact Areas

- Accounting
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Appropriations
- Auditing
- Collection of accounts
- Communication in medicine
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Cost accounting
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive reorganization
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government contractors
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Grievance procedures
- Health information systems
- Health maintenance organizations
- Health surveys
- Home care services
- Hospices (Terminal care)
- Hospitals
- Housing and Community Development
- Law
- Managed care
- Medicaid
- Medical economics
- Medical fees
- Medical laboratories
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Medicare
- Medicare fraud
- Medicare managed care
- Ombudsman
- Quality of care
- Rural health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Telephone

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 1738

Medicare Appeals, Regulatory, and Contracting Improvement Act of 2001
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements under the medicare program, and for other purposes.
Medicare Appeals, Regulatory, and Contracting Improvement Act of 2001

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