US Congress House Bill 1310 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 26-0)
Status: Introduced on March 21 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow any Medicare beneficiary to enter into a contract with an eligible professional for any item or service covered by Medicare. Allows such beneficiaries to submit a claim for Medicare payment in the amount that would otherwise apply if the claim had been filed by a participating physician or supplier in the payment area where the eligible professional covered by the contract resides. Requires a Medicare beneficiary to agree in writing in such a contract to: (1) pay the physician or practitioner for a Medicare-covered item or service; and (2) submit (in lieu of the physician or practitioner) a claim for Medicare payment. Allows a beneficiary, however, to negotiate, as a term of the contract, for the eligible professional to file such claims on the beneficiary's behalf. Preempts state laws from limiting the amount of charges for physician and practitioner services for which Medicare payment is made.

Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2013

Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-21	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-03-21	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-03-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB236 (Related) 2013-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2300 (Related) 2013-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1310/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1310/BILLS-113hr1310ih.pdf