US HR5804

Bill

US HR5804

Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act

Introduced
05/15/2018

In Committee
06/04/2018

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

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.

AI Summary

This bill, the Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act, temporarily freezes Medicare payment at 2016 levels for specified spinal surgery outpatient procedures conducted in ambulatory surgical centers. The bill also requires the Comptroller General to collect data on the cost differential between these procedures performed in a hospital operating room versus an office setting within a hospital, and to determine if the procedures are being properly coded for payment. Additionally, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to conduct a study on the effectiveness of these procedures in preventing the need for opioids.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (4)

John Shimkus (R)*, Raja Krishnamoorthi (D), Peter Roskam (R), Greg Walden (R),

Last Action

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 585. (on 06/13/2018)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5804/all-info

(3 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5804/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5804/BILLS-115hr5804rh.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5804/BILLS-115hr5804rh.pdf.pdf
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5804/BILLS-115hr5804ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5804/BILLS-115hr5804ih.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR6	SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act	Became Public Law No: 115-271.	Related
HRes1099	SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To
HRes949	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 6) to provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5797) to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide under Medicaid services for certain individuals with opioid use disorders in institutions for mental diseases; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 6082) to amend the Public Health Service Act to protect the confident	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To

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