US HB4188 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

US Congress House Bill 4188 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 11 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-11 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the hospital readmission reduction program to exclude from the program admissions related to transplants, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), burns, trauma, psychosis, or substance abuse. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in applying requirements for the excess readmission ratio, to provide for a risk adjustment that will take into account a hospital's proportion of inpatients who are full-benefit dual eligible individuals (eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid under SSA title XIX) in order to ensure that hospitals that treat the most vulnerable populations are not unfairly penalized. Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study the appropriateness of using a threshold of 30 days for readmissions under the program. Directs the Secretary, in promulgating regulations for the hospital readmission reduction program, to consider the use of V codes for potential exclusions of cases involving noncompliant patients in promulgating applicable regulations.

Title

Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act

Sponsors

Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]
Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]
Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]