SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 19, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to: (1) remove sustainable growth rate (SGR) methodology from the determination of annual conversion factors in the formula for payment for physicians' services, and (2) revise the update in rates for 2015 and subsequent years.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Merit-based Incentive Payment (MIP) system under which eligible professionals (including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists) shall receive annual payment increases or decreases based on their performance.
Requires specified incentive payments to eligible participants in an alternative payment model.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) draft a plan for development of quality measures to assess professionals, including non-patient-facing professionals; and (2) make payments for chronic care management services.
Expands the kinds of uses of Medicare data available to qualified entities. Directs the Secretary to provide Medicare data to qualified clinical data registries to facilitate quality improvement or patient safety.
Declares it a national objective to achieve widespread exchange of health information through interoperable certified electronic health records technology nationwide by December 31, 2018.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Mar 19, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-276 | DEAD END, NO TURN AROUND, DANGER AHEAD: CHALLENGES TO THE FUTURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDING153 pages | Finance Committee | Jun 18, 2015 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2 | Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 16, 2015 |
| HR 804 | Expanding the Availability of Medicare Data Act | Related bill | Feb 27, 2015 |
| HR 1470 | SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Mar 31, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare payments for physicians and other professionals, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Medicaid
- Medical research
- Medicare
- Minority health
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Right of privacy
- Rural conditions and development
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2015Introduced in Senate
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