H.R. 1487 · 113th Congress
Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act of 2013
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Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XI of the Social Security Act with respect to the prohibition against certain (potential financial conflict-of-interest) physician referrals.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 11, 2013
Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XI of the Social Security Act with respect to the prohibition against certain (potential financial conflict-of-interest) physician referrals.
Excepts from the physician self-referral prohibition any monetary incentive payments made by hospitals to physicians under certain incentive payment programs designed to align incentives among hospitals and physicians (through techniques such as product standardization, the substitution of lower cost products, and care coordination initiatives that encourage medically appropriate decreases in length of stay) to improve efficiency and decrease costs while maintaining or improving quality.
Exempts such monetary incentive payments (creates a safe harbor for them) from federal criminal antikickback and other sanctions.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act of 2013
Latest action (Apr 23, 2013): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 11, 2013
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.