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 hospitals located in one of the 50 States are eligible for such incentive payments.
Introduced: February 23, 2010
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1