Geriatric Care Act of 2002

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Explore the details of Senate Bill 2057 Geriatric Care Act of 2002 currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on Health. Stay informed on legislative developments.

1/16/2023, 11:18 AM

Congressional Summary of S 2057

Geriatric Care Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to payments to hospitals, rural health clinics, or Federally qualified health centers for direct graduate medical education costs and the limitation on the number of full-time-equivalent residents in allopathic and osteopathic medicine. Provides for the disregard of up to three geriatric residents in applying such limitation.

Amends SSA title XVIII, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide for Medicare coverage of care coordination and assessment services to an individual with a serious and disabling chronic condition.

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Current Status of Bill S 2057

Bill S 2057 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since March 21, 2002. Bill S 2057 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on March 21, 2002. Bill S 2057's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. as of March 21, 2002

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 2057

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Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 2057

Primary Policy Focus

Health

Potential Impact Areas

- Ambulatory care

- Caregivers

- Case management

- Chronically ill

- Clinics

- Coinsurance

- Continuum of care

- Disabled

- Drug interactions

- Drug utilization

- Economics and Public Finance

- Education

- Emergency Management

- Emergency medical services

- Families

- Federal aid to health facilities

- Federal aid to medical education

- Finance and Financial Sector

- Geriatrics

- Health counseling

- Health education

- Health surveys

- Higher education

- Hospices (Terminal care)

- Housing and Community Development

- Human behavior

- Living wills

- Medical fees

- Medical residents

- Medical screening

- Medicare

- Mental depression

- Osteopathy and osteopaths

- Physicians

- Preventive medicine

- Psychiatrists

- Rural hospitals

- Scholarships

- Science, Technology, Communications

- Social Welfare

- Teaching hospitals

- Telephone

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 2057

Geriatric Care Act of 2002

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit expansion of medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and to provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services provided under the medicare program.

Geriatric Care Act of 2002