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HR 5556 113th Congress House

Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2014

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful EHR use, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 18, 2014 See on congress.gov
Health Health information and medical recordsHome and outpatient careMedicareSurgery and anesthesia
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Sep 19, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 18, 2014
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.
Sep 18, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.

Terminates this prohibition three years after the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifies EHR technology for the ambulatory surgical center setting.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Schweikert, David
Arizona · Nov 12, 2014
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 18, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5556: Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5556/
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"H.R. 5556: Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5556/.
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H.R. 5556, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5556/.
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