HR 887
114th Congress
House
Health
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
Introduced: February 11, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 2015
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-40, Part I.
Feb 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 26, 2015
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Feb 26, 2015
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 11, 2015
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.
Feb 11, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit for a payment year after 2015 any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) from being treated as such a patient 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 determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified EHR technology is applicable to the ASC setting.
What's happening now
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-40, Part I.
Committees of jurisdiction
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