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HR 373 116th Congress House Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Health information and medical records Health personnel Medicare

Fairness for Medical Providers Act of 2019

Introduced: January 9, 2019 Introduced by: Brownley, Julia Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Jan 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 9, 2019
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.
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness for Medical Providers Act of 2019

This bill allows administrative or judicial review of certain decisions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) relating to the Medicare Primary Care Incentive Payment Program. (The program authorized additional payments to certain primary-care practitioners who provided primary-care services on or after January 1, 2011, and before January 1, 2016.)

Current law prohibits administrative or judicial review of CMS decisions regarding the eligibility of primary-care practitioners to receive incentive payments under the program. The bill authorizes review of such decisions in cases where the practitioner failed to meet eligibility criteria due to a coding error for provided items and services.

What's happening now March 1, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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