Promoting Outpatient Access to Non-Opioid Treatments Act

HB 5778 Promoting Outpatient Access to Non Opioid Treatments Act

US Congress 115th Congress

Promoting Outpatient Access to Non-Opioid Treatments Act
HB-5778

About HB-5778

Promoting Outpatient Access to Non-Opioid Treatments Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to review payments under Medicare for opioid and non-opioid pain management procedures, specifically with respect to ambulatory outpatient surgical procedures and hospital outpatient department services. The CMS must ensure that there are no payment incentives for using opioids instead of non-opioid alternatives and must make revisions accordingly.

  

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Introduced 05/31/2018

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Sponsors (2)

Rep. Kenny Marchant


Primary Sponsor

Rep. Sander Levin


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History

Referred To The Subcommittee On Health.

05/31/2018

Introduced In House

05/11/2018

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.

05/11/2018

Subject(s)

Health Alternative Treatments Drug Trafficking And Controlled Substances Home And Outpatient Care Medicare Surgery And Anesthesia