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HR 2718 111th Congress House

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a sensible infrastructure for delivery system reform by renaming the Medicare Payment Advisory Commis… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a sensible infrastructure for delivery system reform by renaming the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, making the Commission an executive branch agency, and providing the Commission new resources and authority to implement Medicare payment policy.

Introduced: June 4, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 8, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 4, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 4, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jun 4, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jun 4, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 8, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to rename the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) the Medicare Payment and Access Commission, make it an independent executive branch (instead of a legislative branch) agency, and revise its membership requirements.

Directs MedPAC to determine payment rates for items and services furnished under Medicare.

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report annually to Congress on changes to payment policies under the Medicare program as a result of the amendments made by this Act.

Makes it in order in the Senate or the House to consider any measure that would overrule a MedPAC determination with respect to such payments if three-fifths of the Members agree to such consideration.

Authorizes MedPAC to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on priorities for health services research.

Directs MedPAC to establish: (1) an office of ombudsman to handle complaints on the implementation of certain regulations; and (2) a council of health and economic advisers to advise it on its development, analyses, and implementation of payment policies.

Establishes: (1) a consumer advisory council to advise MedPAC on the impact of Medicare payment policies on consumers; and (2) a federal health advisory council.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1380 Related bill Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009
  • S 1110 Identical bill Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2718: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2718/
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"H.R. 2718: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2718/.
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H.R. 2718, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2718/.
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