HR 1700 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Medicare Patient Empowerment Act

Introduced May 3, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Tom Price R-GA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 6, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 3, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Patient Empowerment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow any Medicare beneficiary to enter into a contract with a non-participating (as well as with a participating) physician or practitioner for any item or service covered by Medicare. Allows such beneficiaries to submit a claim for Medicare payment in the amount that would otherwise apply if the claim had been filed by a participating physician or practitioner in the payment area where the physician or practitioner covered by the contract resides.

Requires a Medicare beneficiary to agree in writing in such a contract to: (1) pay the physician or practitioner for a Medicare-covered item or service; and (2) submit (in lieu of the physician or practitioner) a claim for Medicare payment. Allows a beneficiary, however, to negotiate, as a term of the contract, for the physician or practitioner to file such claims on the beneficiary's behalf.

Preempts state laws from limiting the amount of charges for physician and practitioner services for which Medicare payment is made.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 3, 2011 to Oct 9, 2012, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalMay 3, 2011
R-TNDavid P. RoeMay 4, 2011
R-CODoug LambornMay 4, 2011
R-SCJeff DuncanMay 4, 2011
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiMay 4, 2011
R-TXMichael C. BurgessMay 10, 2011
R-NCRenee L. EllmersMay 10, 2011
R-NYNan A. S. HayworthMay 13, 2011
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersMay 23, 2011
R-TXSam JohnsonMay 23, 2011
R-ARTim GriffinMay 23, 2011
R-FLDennis A. RossMay 24, 2011
R-ALJo BonnerJun 9, 2011
R-MDAndy HarrisJun 14, 2011
R-LAJohn FlemingJun 20, 2011
R-TNMarsha BlackburnJul 8, 2011
R-FLSteve Southerland IIJul 20, 2011
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettJul 28, 2011
R-FLCliff StearnsAug 19, 2011
R-CADana RohrabacherAug 26, 2011
R-CAJeff DenhamSep 8, 2011
R-FLBill PoseyOct 4, 2011
R-NYChristopher P. GibsonNov 30, 2011
R-ILAaron SchockDec 19, 2011
R-TNDiane BlackMar 5, 2012
R-OHSteve ChabotMar 5, 2012
R-ALMo BrooksMar 20, 2012
R-GARob WoodallMar 29, 2012
R-OKJohn SullivanApr 16, 2012
R-VARobert J. WittmanApr 16, 2012
R-OHBill JohnsonMay 8, 2012
R-GAPaul C. BrounMay 31, 2012
R-TXTed PoeJun 6, 2012
R-FLConnie MackJun 12, 2012
R-NVMark E. AmodeiJun 19, 2012
R-ARSteve WomackJun 19, 2012
R-NVJoseph J. HeckJul 24, 2012
R-NYAnn Marie BuerkleAug 2, 2012
R-SCMick MulvaneyAug 2, 2012
R-PAMike KellyAug 2, 2012
R-AZTrent FranksAug 2, 2012
R-AZJeff FlakeOct 9, 2012

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 6, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. May 5, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. May 3, 2011Introduced in House
  4. May 3, 2011Referred 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.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1042Medicare Patient Empowerment ActIdentical billMay 23, 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 3, 2011Introduced in House

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