US Congress House Bill 1256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on March 30 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify physician services annually (currently, periodically) as being potentially misvalued using specified criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to use existing processes to receive recommendations on the review and appropriate adjustment of potentially misvalued physician services, but only to the extent consistent with the use of analytic contractors. Requires the Secretary of HHS to use analytic contractors to identify, and analyze services identified as being, potentially misvalued physician services, and perform related tasks as currently authorized.

Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011

Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-04-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-03-30	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-03-30	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-03-30	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.
2011-03-30	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E569)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1256/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1256/BILLS-112hr1256ih.pdf