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US HR2299
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for site-of-service price transparency under the Medicare program.
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Introduced
05/13/2015
05/13/2015
In Committee
06/01/2015
06/01/2015
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2017
01/03/2017
Introduced Session
114th Congress
Bill Summary
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 and services under the outpatient department fee schedule and the ambulatory surgical center payment system, and (2) the estimated amount of beneficiary liability applicable to such an item or service.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 06/01/2015)
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