HR 6138
115th Congress
House
Health
Advisory bodies
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2018
Introduced: June 19, 2018
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15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 25, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 24, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 24, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7116-7117)
Jul 24, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7116-7117)
Jul 24, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6138.
Jul 24, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7116-7118)
Jul 24, 2018
Mr. Nunes moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 17, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 643.
Jul 17, 2018
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Jul 17, 2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-831, Part I.
Jun 27, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 21, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 21, 2018
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jun 19, 2018
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.
Jun 19, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Transparency Act of 2018 or ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the expert outside advisory panel that reviews the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services to include at least one ambulatory surgical center representative.
(Sec. 3) The bill also requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to specify the criteria used to exclude certain procedures from the list of covered surgical procedures that may be performed in an ambulatory surgical center under Medicare.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1