PROP Act of 2016
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 9, 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 happenedFeb 11, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 9, 2016
- Feb 11, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 9, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 9, 2016IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H658-659)
- Feb 9, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 9, 2016IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House