H.R. 1256 · 112th Congress
Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011
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Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify physician services annually (currently, periodically) as being potentially misvalued using…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 30, 2011
Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify physician services annually (currently, periodically) as being potentially misvalued using specified criteria.
Authorizes the Secretary to use existing processes to receive recommendations on the review and appropriate adjustment of potentially misvalued physician services, but only to the extent consistent with the use of analytic contractors.
Requires the Secretary of HHS to use analytic contractors to identify, and analyze services identified as being, potentially misvalued physician services, and perform related tasks as currently authorized.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011
Latest action (Apr 7, 2011): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 30, 2011
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.