S.Amdt. 3415
What it does: Adds Sec. __. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the effectiveness and timeliness of the four-tiered system used to determine the frequency and priority for surveying and certifying providers and suppliers participating or desiring to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid program. The study shall include an examination of the impact of such system on health care providers and suppliers that have not previously been surveyed and certified for participation in either such program wherever appropriate
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 3043
Adds Sec. __. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the effectiveness and timeliness of the four-tiered system used to determine the frequency and priority for surveying and certifying providers and suppliers participating or desiring to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid program. The study shall include an examination of the impact of such system on health care providers and suppliers that have not previously been surveyed and certified for participation in either such program wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: Sec. __. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the effectiveness and timeliness of the four-tiered system used to determine the frequency and priority for surveying and certifying providers and suppliers participating or desiring to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid program. The study shall include an examination of the impact of such system on health care providers and suppliers that have not previously been surveyed and certified for participation in either such program.
Inserted: (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a), together with such recommendations as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.
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SA 3415. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3043, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the effectiveness and timeliness of the four-tiered system used to determine the frequency and priority for surveying and certifying providers and suppliers participating or desiring to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid program. The study shall include an examination of the impact of such system on health care providers and suppliers that have not previously been surveyed and certified for participation in either such program.
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a), together with such recommendations as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.
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Senate amendment submitted
October 19, 2007