US Congress House Bill 1470 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-7)
Status: Introduced on March 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to: (1) remove sustainable growth rate (SGR) methodology from the determination of annual conversion factors in the formula for payment for physicians' services, and (2) revise the update in rates for 2015 and subsequent years. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Merit-based Incentive Payment (MIP) system under which eligible professionals (including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists) shall receive annual payment increases or decreases based on their performance. Requires specified incentive payments to eligible participants in an alternative payment model. Requires the Secretary to: (1) draft a plan for development of quality measures to assess professionals, including non-patient-facing professionals; and (2) make payments for chronic care management services. Expands the kinds of uses of Medicare data available to qualified entities. Directs the Secretary to provide Medicare data to qualified clinical data registries to facilitate quality improvement or patient safety. Declares it a national objective to achieve widespread exchange of health information through interoperable certified electronic health records technology nationwide by December 31, 2018.

SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015

Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Paul Ryan [R-WI]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]
Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2015-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-19	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-03-19	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-03-19	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-03-19	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
2015-03-19	House	Introduced in House

HB2 (Related) 2015-04-16 - Became Public Law No: 114-10. (TXT | PDF)
HB804 (Related) 2015-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB810 (Same As) 2015-03-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1470/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1470/BILLS-114hr1470ih.pdf