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HR 5394 117th Congress House Health

Meaningful Access to Federal Health Plan Claims Data Act of 2021

Introduced: April 5, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Sep 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 28, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 28, 2021
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.
Sep 28, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Meaningful Access to Federal Health Plan Claims Data Act of 2021

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a program that allows clinician-led clinical data registries to access Medicare claims data for purposes of research, quality of care measurement, and reporting. (Clinician-led clinical data registries are data repositories operated by clinician organizations and that collect information about particular diseases and related medical procedures and therapies.)

The new program must allow for various types of data queries, including provider, state, and nationwide claims data. Such data may be used for public reports about provider performance, specified nonpublic analyses (e.g., medical research), and fee-based data services. Registries must apply to the CMS for access. Additionally, registries and their authorized users must enter into data use agreements and are subject to monetary penalties for breaching such agreements.

The bill also allows for Medicare coverage of new and emerging items and services for purposes of evidence collection in relation to such items and services.

What's happening now September 29, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 29, 2022
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 27, 2022
Kilmer, Derek
· Apr 5, 2022
McKinley, David
· Oct 8, 2021
 D
Schrier, Kim
Washington · Sep 28, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5394: Meaningful Access to Federal Health Plan Claims Data Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5394/
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"H.R. 5394: Meaningful Access to Federal Health Plan Claims Data Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5394/.
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