PROP Act of 2016
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Apr 7, 2016)
Promoting Responsible Opioid Prescribing Act of 2016 or the PROP Act of 2016
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude certain pain-related measures for purposes of calculating incentive payments under the value-based purchasing program (VBP). (VBP is a program that links hospital payments to the quality of care provided.)
Specifically, VPB measures shall not include measures based on a patient's assessment of: (1) the patient's need for pain medicine during a hospital stay; (2) how often, during the stay, the patient's pain was well controlled; or (3) how often, during the stay, hospital staff did everything they could to help manage the patient's pain.
What just happenedApr 7, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateApr 7, 2016
- Apr 7, 2016IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Finance Committee - Apr 7, 2016IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate