US Congress House Bill 822 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 26-8)
Status: Introduced on February 10 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]

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to air ambulance services furnished during 2017 or any subsequent year, to reduce the mandatory percentage increase (inflation adjustment) for payments under the fee schedule by 2.0% for any supplier or provider that fails to submit to the Secretary specified data. The Secretary is required to select at least two quality measures with respect to which such providers and suppliers may voluntarily submit such data. The Government Accountability Office is required to report to Congress on all such data, together with a recommendation on the adequate amount of Medicare reimbursement to providers and suppliers that would reflect their operational costs and preserve access to critical air medical services. The Secretary is required, in the case of air ambulance services furnished during calendar 2016 through 2019 to make a percentage increase in the base rate of the fee schedule: (1) by 20% during 2016, and (2) by 5% during 2017-2019.

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]
Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]
Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-10	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-02-10	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-02-10	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.
2015-02-10	House	Introduced in House

SB1149 (Related) 2015-04-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/822/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr822/BILLS-114hr822ih.pdf