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Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act [HB-5804]
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Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act This bill temporarily freezes Medicare payment at 2016 levels for specified spinal surgery outpatient procedures that are conducted in ambulatory surgical centers.
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Medicaid Health HOME Act Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged Act [HB-5810]
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Medicaid Health HOME Act Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged Act This bill extends the enhanced federal matching rate for expenditures regarding substance-use disorder health-home services under Medicaid. The bill also temporarily requires coverage of medication-assisted treatment under Medicaid.
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SUD CARE Act Substance Use Disorder Coordination, Access, Recovery Enhancement Act of 2018 [HB-5807]
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SUD CARE Act Substance Use Disorder Coordination, Access, Recovery Enhancement Act of 2018
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Medicaid DRUG Improvement Act Medicaid Drug Review, Utilization, Good Governance Improvement Act [HB-5799]
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Medicaid DRUG Improvement Act Medicaid Drug Review, Utilization, Good Governance Improvement Act This bill requires state Medicaid programs to establish drug-review and utilization requirements for enrollees, particularly with respect to opioid prescriptions. Drug use review programs must also identify prescribing or billing practices by providers that indicate abuse or excessive utilization.
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Opioid Workforce Act of 2018 [HB-5818]
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Opioid Workforce Act of 2018 This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for hospitals that have addiction or pain management programs, with an aggregate increase of 1,000 positions over a five-year period.
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CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act Continuing Community Health And Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation, Increase National Gains, and Help Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act of 2017 [HB-3922]
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CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act Continuing Community Health And Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation, Increase National Gains, and Help Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act of 2017 DIVISION A--CHAMPION ACT Community Health And Medical Professionals Improve Our Nation Act of 2017 or the Champion Act TITLE I--EXTENSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend funding through FY2019 for community health centers
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Healthcare Tax Relief Act [S.1859]
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Healthcare Tax Relief Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the imposition of an annual fee on health insurance providers until after December 31, 2018.
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Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 [HB-3928]
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Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017
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Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017 [S.1914]
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Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions relating to Medicare's competitive acquisition program (through which rates are set through a competitive bidding program rather than by an established fee schedule) with respect to diabetic testing strips. Specifically, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to: use specified data to determine whether a bid satisfies certain requirements related to volume of coverage with respect
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Federal Opioid Response Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-4190]
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Federal Opioid Response Fairness Act of 2017
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Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017 [HB-4613]
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Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017 This bill amends the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and update policies that enable certain health-care clearinghouses, plans, and providers to: (1) provide patients with access to information related to their care; (2) develop patient-engagement tools, reports, analyses, and presentations that may demonstrate benefit to patients and health-plan enrollees; and (3) promote transparency regarding
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Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2017 [S.2006]
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Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require mammography facilities to include up-to-date information about breast density in both the written report of the results of a mammography examination provided to a patient's physician and the summary of that written report given to the patient. The summary must convey: (1) the effect of breast density in masking the presence of breast cancer on a mammogram, and (2) that individuals with dense breasts should talk with their health care providers
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Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2017 [S.2103]
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Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2017 This bill specifies that certain deductible, coinsurance, initial coverage limit, and cost-sharing requirements that apply under the Medicare prescription drug benefit shall not apply with respect to the shingles vaccine. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must provide to Medicare beneficiaries specified information regarding: (1) coverage of vaccines for seniors, and (2) access to the shingles vaccine without cost-sharing.
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Promoting Quality of Care in Pain Management Act of 2018 [HB-5779]
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Promoting Quality of Care in Pain Management Act of 2018 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to convene a technical expert panel to recommend opioid and opioid-use disorder quality measures for possible use in hospital payment and reporting models under Medicare.
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PROPER Act of 2018 Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act of 2018 [HB-5775]
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PROPER Act of 2018 Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA) prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors to annually disclose information to enrollees about: (1) the risks of prolonged opioid use; and (2) the plan's coverage of nonpharmacological therapies, devices, and non-opioid medications. PDP sponsors may limit disclosure to a subset of enrollees (such as those who were prescribed an opioid in the previous two-year period). (Sec. 3) The bill also
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COG Act of 2018 Centralized Opioid Guidance Act of 2018 [HB-5777]
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COG Act of 2018 Centralized Opioid Guidance Act of 2018 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish and periodically update all guidance issued since January 1, 2016, related to the prescription of opioids for Medicare beneficiaries.
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COACH Act of 2018 Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018 [HB-5774]
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COACH Act of 2018 Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish guidance for hospitals on pain management and opioid-use disorder prevention strategies for Medicare beneficiaries. (Sec. 3) The CMS must also convene a technical expert panel to recommend opioid and opioid-use disorder quality measures for possible use in hospital payment and reporting models under Medicare. (Sec. 4) The Department of Health and Human Services must: (1) convene a technical
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PASS Act of 2018 Preventing Addiction for Susceptible Seniors Act of 2018 [HB-5773]
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PASS Act of 2018 Preventing Addiction for Susceptible Seniors Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill alters several requirements under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Specifically, the bill requires electronic prescription programs to enable the secure transmittal of prior authorization requests for covered drugs. (Sec. 3) The bill also requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a secure online portal to allow: (1) data sharing among the CMS, Medicare prescription drug benefit plans, and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans;
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Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018 [HB-5782]
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Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018
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Promoting Outpatient Access to Non-Opioid Treatments Act [HB-5778]
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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.