S. 2408 · 110th Congress
Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007
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Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) make incentive payments for physician use of an electronic prescription drug program (E-prescribing); and (2) reduce by 10% the fee schedule amount for failure to…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 5, 2007
Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) make incentive payments for physician use of an electronic prescription drug program (E-prescribing); and (2) reduce by 10% the fee schedule amount for failure to use E-prescribing.
Directs the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report to Congress on progress on implementing E-prescribing under the Medicare electronic prescription drug program.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007
Latest action (Dec 5, 2007): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14789)
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 5, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.