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VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2016 [HB-5343]
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VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill requires the director of each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility to report quarterly to the VA on: the number of patients who contracted an infection as result of surgery at such medical facility, including a brief summary of each case; and the number of, and reasons for, scheduled surgeries that were cancelled or transferred to another facility and the subsequent number of days that each patient had to wait for surgery. The VA shall submit such reports and a summary of such reports
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Sponsored by: Rep. Debbie Dingell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/13/2016
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Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2016 [HB-5195]
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Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2016 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group or individual health plan that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Such a plan may not: (1) restrict benefits for any medically necessary hospital stay to less than 48 hours for a mastectomy or breast
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/19/2016
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Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016 [HB-4959]
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Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access or whether another measure or designation would be more appropriate. HHS must consider potential methodologies for designating surgical health professional shortage areas.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/22/2016
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HIP Act Healthy Inpatient Procedures Act of 2016 [HB-4848]
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HIP Act Healthy Inpatient Procedures Act of 2016 This bill delays and suspends implementation of Medicare's Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, which tests episode-based payment and quality measurement for care associated with hip and knee replacements. The bill also reduces and rescinds specified FY2017 and FY2018 funding that was appropriated for the Prevention and Public Health Trust Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/30/2016
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Living Donor Protection Act of 2016 [HB-4616]
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Living Donor Protection Act of 2016 This bill prohibits discrimination based on an individual's status as a living organ donor in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, price, or any other condition of a life insurance policy, disability insurance policy, or long-term care insurance policy. The bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to specifically include living organ donation as a serious health condition that entitles a covered employee to leave under that Act. The Department of Health and Human Services must update public
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/26/2016
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Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015 [HB-4273]
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Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015 This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify payment rules and other provisions related to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The bill includes off-campus outpatient department (OPD) services in Medicare's prospective payment system (in which predetermined amounts form the basis of payment) with respect to departments that are under development. The existing Medicare payment adjustment for cancer hospitals shall apply to off-campus
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/18/2015
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To provide transportation of dependent patients relating to obstetrical anesthesia services. [HB-3966]
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To provide transportation of dependent patients relating to obstetrical anesthesia services. This bill makes permanent the authority to provide transportation for certain military dependents receiving obstetrical anesthesia services related to childbirth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Grayson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 11/23/2015
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VA Vendor Verification Act [HB-3422]
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VA Vendor Verification Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish uniform credentialing standards for medical vendors based on the standards prescribed in the "Joint Recommendation for Healthcare Industry Representative (HCIR) Credentialing Best Practices" by the Coalition for Best Practices in HCIR Requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Brooks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 08/06/2015
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Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2015 [HB-34]
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Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2015 Reauthorizes the Tsunami Warning and Education Act through FY2017. (Sec. 4) Consolidates separate tsunami warning systems for the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and for the Atlantic Ocean into a single warning system. Requires the system to support international tsunami forecasting and warning efforts. Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support or maintain tsunami warning centers to support the national warning system and develop uniform operational procedures for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Became Public Law No: 114-255. on 12/13/2016
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Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 [HB-3291]
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Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 This bill amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to establish a crosswalk between Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes and Medicaid Severity-Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) codes for similar hospital services. (A crosswalk shows users where to put data from one scheme into a different scheme.) Specifically, CMS must develop HCPCS versions for MS-DRGs that is similar to the Internal Classification of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul D. Ryan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 08/12/2015
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Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors of 2015 [HB-2570]
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Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) with respect to criteria for qualifying as a meaningful user of electronic health records (meaningful EHR user). For any payment year after 2015 any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an eligible ambulatory surgical center shall not be treated as one in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful EHR user. (Sec. 3) HHS shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/18/2015
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Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015 [HB-2540]
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Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to provide for the planning and implementation of an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients anticipating surgery about the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options, with a focus on informing patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/22/2015
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for site-of-service price transparency under the Medicare program. [HB-2299]
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for site-of-service price transparency under the Medicare program. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, in order to facilitate price transparency with respect to items and services for which payment may be made to a hospital outpatient department or to an ambulatory surgery center, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available to the public via a searchable website: (1) the estimated payment amount for an appropriate number of items
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/01/2015
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Veterans Information Modernization Act [HB-2256]
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Veterans Information Modernization Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report annually to Congress during 2016 through 2020 on its furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care. Each report shall: evaluate the effectiveness of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) program in improving the quality of, and increasing access to, veterans hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care; and assess physician and other VHA employee workloads, patient demographics and utilization rates,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Benishek
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 07/22/2015
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Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015 [HB-2138]
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Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by a physician who is an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payment is made for anesthesia services furnished by a certified registered nurse anesthetist in such hospitals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julia Brownley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/14/2015
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Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 [HB-2]
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Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 TITLE I--SGR REPEAL AND MEDICARE PROVIDER PAYMENT MODERNIZATION (Sec. 101) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to: (1) remove sustainable growth rate (SGR) methodology from the determination of annual conversion factors in the formula for payment for physicians' services, and (2) revise the update in rates for 2015 and subsequent years. Requires two separate conversion factors for each year beginning with 2026, one for items and services furnished by a qualifying alternative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Pallone
Became Public Law No: 114-10. (txt | Pdf) on 04/16/2015
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 [HB-1735]
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Sec. 3) Defines "congressional defense committees" as the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. (Sec. 4) Specifies procedures for determining the budgetary effects of this bill for compliance with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for Procurement at the levels identified
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith
Vetoed By President. on 10/22/2015
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Global Brain Health Act of 2015 [HB-1468]
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Global Brain Health Act of 2015 Directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish and administer a health and education grant program (Global Autism Assistance Program) to: (1) support activities by nongovernmental organizations and other service providers, including advocacy groups, focused on autism in developing countries; and (2) establish a "teach the teachers" program to train health and education professionals working with autistic children in developing countries. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize
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Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/20/2015
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Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015 [HB-1453]
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Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require alignment of updates for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services under a revised prospective payment system (PPS) with updates for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services. Revises requirements for the reporting and applying of quality measure data by ASCs and hospital OPDs. Revises requirements for the composition of the expert outside advisory panel the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to consult
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2015
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Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015 [HB-1344]
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Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to expand programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns and infants to include young children. The programs are revised and reauthorized for FY2016-FY2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/09/2015