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HR 4669 111th Congress House Health American Samoa Caribbean area Computers and information technology Guam Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Hospital care Medicare Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare in the same manner as…

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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare in the same manner as hospitals located in one of the 50 States are eligible for such incentive payments.

Introduced: February 23, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Mar 8, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 23, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 23, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make subsection (d) hospitals located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments in the same manner as subsection (d) hospitals located in the 50 states.

(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

What's happening now March 8, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 14, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4669: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare in the same manner as hospitals located in one of the 50 States are eligible for such incentive payments.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4669/
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"H.R. 4669: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare in the same manner as hospitals located in one of the 50 States are eligible for such incentive payments.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4669/.
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H.R. 4669, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4669/.
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[H.R. 4669: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare in the same manner as hospitals located in one of the 50 States are eligible for such incentive payments.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4669/)
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