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HR 4275 114th Congress House

Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2015

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate a provision under the Medicare Advantage program that inadvertently penalizes Medicare Advantage p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate a provision under the Medicare Advantage program that inadvertently penalizes Medicare Advantage plans for providing high quality care to Medicare beneficiaries.

Introduced: December 16, 2015 Introduced by: Kelly, Mike Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceHealth care qualityMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Dec 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 16, 2015
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.
Dec 16, 2015
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 Latest action December 18, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid to disregard the application of certain percentage quality increases when calculating the maximum payment that may be made to a Medicare Advantage organization.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4589 Related bill Excellence in Medicare Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 1 Republican 5
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 29, 2016
Meehan, Patrick
· Sep 8, 2016
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jun 16, 2016
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 14, 2016
 R
Moolenaar, John R.
Michigan · May 31, 2016
Paulsen, Erik
· Apr 11, 2016
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Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · Jan 28, 2016
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Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Dec 16, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4275: Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4275/
MLA
"H.R. 4275: Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4275/.
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H.R. 4275, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4275/.
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