US HB5210 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 103-19)
Status: Engrossed on July 6 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-07-06 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on July 6 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-07-06 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
PADME Act Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a bid ceiling for durable medical equipment (such as wheelchairs) under Medicare's competitive acquisition program, through which rates are set according to a bidding process rather than by an established fee schedule. Specifically, the bid ceiling for such an item shall not be less than the fee schedule amount that would otherwise be determined. Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must use payment information from competitive acquisition programs to make payment adjustments for areas outside of such programs. The bill requires CMS, in making these adjustments, to account for stakeholder input. In addition, CMS must account for a comparison of competitive acquisition areas and other areas with respect to the following factors: average travel distance and cost associated with furnishing items and services, barriers to access, average delivery time, average volume of items and services furnished by suppliers, and number of suppliers. In addition, CMS shall delay by 15 months the full implementation of new Medicare payment rates for durable medical equipment. On a monthly basis, CMS must publish on its website the results of the monitoring of health outcomes and Medicare beneficiaries' access to durable medical equipment.
Title
PADME Act Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act of 2016
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-06 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| 2016-07-05 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2016-07-05 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4230-4232) |
| 2016-07-05 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5210. |
| 2016-07-05 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4230-4235) |
| 2016-07-05 | House | Mr. Pitts moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| 2016-05-17 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2016-05-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2016-05-12 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2016-05-12 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2016-05-12 | 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. |
| 2016-05-12 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2736 (Related) 2016-06-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Medicaid
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Public contracts and procurement
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State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability assistance
Family planning and birth control
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment
