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HR 5001 114th Congress House

Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act

Official title: To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2016 under the Medicare and Medicaid … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2016 under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 23, 2016 See on congress.gov
Health Health facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelMedicaidMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Apr 22, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 20, 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.
Apr 20, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 22, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, with respect to electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use incentive programs under Medicare and Medicaid, to continue through 2016 to allow the use of quarterly reporting without regard to the payment year or the stage of meaningful use criteria involved.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 270 Related bill Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015
  • S 2822 Identical bill Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 2 Republican 3
Jenkins, Evan
· Jul 6, 2016
Abraham, Ralph
· Jul 5, 2016
Sanford, Mark
· Jul 5, 2016
 R
Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Jun 9, 2016
Donovan, Daniel
· May 23, 2016
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · May 16, 2016
McSally, Martha
· May 13, 2016
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · May 11, 2016
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Apr 20, 2016
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Apr 20, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5001: Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5001/
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"H.R. 5001: Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5001/.
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H.R. 5001, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5001/.
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