HR 1310 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2013

Introduced Mar 21, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Tom Price R-GA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 10, 2013 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. IntroducedMar 21, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow any Medicare beneficiary to enter into a contract with an eligible professional 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 supplier in the payment area where the eligible professional 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 eligible professional 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 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2013 to May 20, 2014, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalMar 21, 2013
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalMar 21, 2013
R-ALJo BonnerOriginalMar 21, 2013
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOriginalMar 21, 2013
R-TXTed PoeOriginalMar 21, 2013
R-TXPete SessionsApr 9, 2013
R-FLBill PoseyApr 18, 2013
R-VARobert J. WittmanApr 18, 2013
R-SCJeff DuncanJun 13, 2013
R-KSLynn JenkinsJun 20, 2013
R-FLSteve Southerland IIJun 27, 2013
R-TXMichael T. McCaulJul 8, 2013
R-FLVern BuchananJul 19, 2013
R-MSAlan NunneleeJul 23, 2013
R-MNErik PaulsenJul 23, 2013
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 10, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Mar 22, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Mar 21, 2013Introduced in House
  4. Mar 21, 2013Referred 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 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 236Medicare Patient Empowerment ActRelated billFeb 7, 2013
HR 2300Empowering Patients First Act of 2013Related billJul 15, 2013

Subjects

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

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  1. Mar 21, 2013Introduced in House

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