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Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011

Introduced: March 30, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Apr 7, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 30, 2011
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 30, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E569)
Mar 30, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify physician services annually (currently, periodically) as being potentially misvalued using specified criteria.

Authorizes the Secretary to use existing processes to receive recommendations on the review and appropriate adjustment of potentially misvalued physician services, but only to the extent consistent with the use of analytic contractors.

Requires the Secretary of HHS to use analytic contractors to identify, and analyze services identified as being, potentially misvalued physician services, and perform related tasks as currently authorized.

What's happening now April 7, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jul 11, 2011
FRANK, BARNEY
· Jun 22, 2011
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 8, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1256: Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1256/
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"H.R. 1256: Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1256/.
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