US Congress House Bill 6176 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on July 24 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-08-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Aligning Incentives for Better Patient Care Act of 2011 [sic] - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) except from the prohibition against certain physician referrals and other compensation any incentive payments promoting quality and efficiency that are made under a quality incentive agreement between a physician and a qualified hospital, (2) prescribe requirements for such agreements, and (3) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide a quality incentive ombudsman with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Amends SSA title XI to exempt such incentive payments from certain civil money penalties as well as from criminal penalites for illegal remunerations.

Aligning Incentives for Better Patient Care Act of 2011

Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]
Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-08-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2012-07-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-07-24	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2012-07-24	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2012-07-24	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2012-07-24	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6176/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6176/BILLS-112hr6176ih.pdf