US HB1700 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 43-0)
Status: Introduced on May 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Medicare Patient Empowerment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow any Medicare beneficiary to enter into a contract with a non-participating (as well as with a participating) physician or practitioner for any item or service covered by Medicare. Allows such beneficiaries to submit a claim for Medicare payment in the amount that would otherwise apply if the claim had been filed by a participating physician or practitioner in the payment area where the physician or practitioner covered by the contract resides. Requires a Medicare beneficiary to agree in writing in such a contract to: (1) pay the physician or practitioner for a Medicare-covered item or service; and (2) submit (in lieu of the physician or practitioner) a claim for Medicare payment. Allows a beneficiary, however, to negotiate, as a term of the contract, for the physician or practitioner to file such claims on the beneficiary's behalf. Preempts state laws from limiting the amount of charges for physician and practitioner services for which Medicare payment is made.
Title
Medicare Patient Empowerment Act
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-05-06 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2011-05-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2011-05-03 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2011-05-03 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2011-05-03 | 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. |
Same As/Similar To
SB1042 (Same As) 2011-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Contracts and agency
Federal preemption
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicare
Federal preemption
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicare
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1700/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1700/BILLS-112hr1700ih.pdf |
