HR 1643
111th Congress
House
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Medicare Access to Community Health Centers (MATCH) Act of 2009
Introduced: March 19, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 19, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 19, 2009
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.
Mar 19, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 19, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Access to Community Health Centers (MATCH) Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of "federally qualified health center services" to include ambulatory services furnished by a federally qualified health center (FQHC) for which payment may otherwise be made under Medicare if such services were furnished by a non-FQHC health care provider or health care professional employed by or under contract with an FQHC.
Permits payment for hospital-based services.
Provides for a Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicare-covered services provided by FQHCs.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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