HR 4499
114th Congress
House
Health
Drug therapy
Health care quality
Hospital care
Medicare
PROP Act of 2016
Introduced: February 9, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 11, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 9, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 9, 2016
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H658-659)
Feb 9, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Promoting Responsible Opioid Prescribing Act of 2016 or the PROP Act of 2016
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude certain pain-related measures for purposes of calculating incentive payments under the value-based purchasing program (VBP). (VBP is a program that links hospital payments to the quality of care provided.)
Specifically, VPB measures shall not include measures based on a patient's assessment of: (1) the patient's need for pain medicine during a hospital stay; (2) how often, during the stay, the patient's pain was well controlled; or (3) how often, during the stay, hospital staff did everything they could to help manage the patient's pain.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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