HR 4848
114th Congress
House
Health
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
HIP Act
Introduced: March 23, 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
Mar 30, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 25, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 23, 2016
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 23, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Healthy Inpatient Procedures Act of 2016 or the HIP Act
This bill delays and suspends implementation of Medicare's Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, which tests episode-based payment and quality measurement for care associated with hip and knee replacements.
The bill also reduces and rescinds specified FY2017 and FY2018 funding that was appropriated for the Prevention and Public Health Trust Fund.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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