US Congress House Bill 795 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site during a specified initial period: (1) Medicare payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient and outpatient procedures and services, as well as for physicians' services; and (2) the period for which payment rates are applicable. Requires posting also after the initial period of an expanded selection of such items. Directs the Secretary to select at least 30 procedures and services for the basic posting and at least 100 procedures and services for the expanded posting.

Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2015

Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]

Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-05	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-02-05	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-02-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2015-02-05	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/795/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr795/BILLS-114hr795ih.pdf