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Hospital Competition Act of 2019

Introduced: January 11, 2019 Introduced by: Banks, Jim Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Jan 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 11, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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 11, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospital Competition Act of 2019

This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to hospital costs, payments, and infrastructure.

Among other things, the bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to (1) in the case of hospitals that meet specified market concentration thresholds, apply Medicare reimbursement rates regardless of whether the individual receiving services is entitled to or enrolled in Medicare; and (2) publish the prices charged for specified services that are highly utilized.

The bill also repeals (1) performance incentives under the Medicare Shared Savings Program for accountable care organizations, and (2) provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that prohibit physician-owned hospitals from expanding facility capacity.

What's happening now March 1, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1