Senate
May 24, 2007A bill to provide for the voluntary development by States of qualifying best practices for health care and to encourage such voluntary development by amending titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide differential rates of payment favoring treatment provided consistent with qualifying best practices under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.
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Improved Medical Decision Incentive Act of 2007 - Allows a state health department to approve best practices in a course of, or as a means of treatment for, a particular condition, illness, or procedure, as the qualifying standard of care for the state in order to take advantage of the differential rates of payment implemented under the Social Security Act and the private insurance incentive...
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Introduced(5/24/07)
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Passed
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Passed
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Law
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Mr. Whitehouse
Senate (D) Rhode Island
Cosponsors (3)
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 24, 2007