US HB6176 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on July 24 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-08-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 24 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-08-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Aligning Incentives for Better Patient Care Act of 2011 [sic] - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) except from the prohibition against certain physician referrals and other compensation any incentive payments promoting quality and efficiency that are made under a quality incentive agreement between a physician and a qualified hospital, (2) prescribe requirements for such agreements, and (3) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide a quality incentive ombudsman with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Amends SSA title XI to exempt such incentive payments from certain civil money penalties as well as from criminal penalites for illegal remunerations.
Title
Aligning Incentives for Better Patient Care Act of 2011
Sponsors
Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA] | Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC] | Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD] | Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX] |
Rep. Tom Price [R-GA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2012-08-01 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
2012-07-27 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2012-07-24 | House | Referred to House Judiciary |
2012-07-24 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
2012-07-24 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
2012-07-24 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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. |
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Business records
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6176/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6176/BILLS-112hr6176ih.pdf |