2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service (Sections 201 - 300mm-61)
Subchapter II - General Powers and Duties (Sections 241 - 280m)
Part S - Health Care Quality Programs (Sections 280j - 280j-3)
Subpart i - National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (Sections 280j - 280j-3)
Sec. 280j-3 - Quality improvement program for hospitals with a high severity adjusted readmission rate
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE SUBCHAPTER II - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES Part S - Health Care Quality Programs subpart i - national strategy for quality improvement in health care Sec. 280j-3 - Quality improvement program for hospitals with a high severity adjusted readmission rate |
| Contains | section 280j-3 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, §399KK, as added Pub. L. 111-148, title III, §3025(b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 412. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 124 Stat. 412 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 111-148 |
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Not later than 2 years after March 23, 2010, the Secretary shall make available a program for eligible hospitals to improve their readmission rates through the use of patient safety organizations (as defined in section 299b–21(4) of this title).
(2) Eligible hospital definedIn this subsection, the term "eligible hospital" means a hospital that the Secretary determines has a high rate of risk adjusted readmissions for the conditions described in section 1395ww(q)(8)(A) of this title and has not taken appropriate steps to reduce such readmissions and improve patient safety as evidenced through historically high rates of readmissions, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) Risk adjustmentThe Secretary shall utilize appropriate risk adjustment measures to determine eligible hospitals.
(b) Report to the SecretaryAs determined appropriate by the Secretary, eligible hospitals and patient safety organizations working with those hospitals shall report to the Secretary on the processes employed by the hospital to improve readmission rates and the impact of such processes on readmission rates.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, §399KK, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title III, §3025(b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 412.)
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