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HR 409 115th Congress House

Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to sunset certain penalties relating to meaningful electronic health records use by Medicare eligible professio… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to sunset certain penalties relating to meaningful electronic health records use by Medicare eligible professionals and hospitals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 24, 2017 See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHospital careMedicare
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Jan 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 10, 2017
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.
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 26, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate provider penalties for failure to comply with electronic health records (EHR) use requirements.

Under current law, certain hospitals, Medicare Advantage organizations, and professionals participating in Medicare are subject to negative payment adjustments if they fail to comply with established requirements for EHR use. The bill eliminates these penalties and requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reimburse such providers for payments that they would have received within a specified timeframe had such penalties not been applied.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Biggs, Andy
Arizona · Jan 24, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 409: Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-409/
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"H.R. 409: Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-409/.
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H.R. 409, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-409/.
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