To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for site-of-service price transparency under the Medicare program.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 13, 2015)
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, in order to facilitate price transparency with respect to items and services for which payment may be made to a hospital outpatient department or to an ambulatory surgery center, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available to the public via a searchable website: (1) the estimated payment amount for an appropriate number of items and services under the outpatient department fee schedule and the ambulatory surgical center payment system, and (2) the estimated amount of beneficiary liability applicable to such an item or service.
What just happenedJun 1, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 13, 2015
- Jun 1, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - May 15, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - May 13, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - May 13, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
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.
- May 13, 2015IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - May 13, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 13, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House