H.R. 976 · 114th Congress
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015
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Price25 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal the prohibition against Medicare participation by physician-owned hospitals that do not have a provider agreement by August 1, 2010, which nonetheless allows their Medicare participation under a rural provider and hospital exception to a specified ownership or investment prohibition if…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 13, 2015
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal the prohibition against Medicare participation by physician-owned hospitals that do not have a provider agreement by August 1, 2010, which nonetheless allows their Medicare participation under a rural provider and hospital exception to a specified ownership or investment prohibition if they meet certain requirements.
Amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA) to repeal provisions: (1) postponing from August 1, 2010, to December 31, 2010, the date by which physician-owned hospitals must have a provider agreement in order to participate in Medicare under a rural provider and hospital exception to the physician-ownership or -investment prohibition if they also meet certain requirements addressing conflicts of interest, bona fide investments, patient safety issues, and expansion limitations; and (2) modifying the expansion limitation imposed on such a rural hospital
Restores related previous law amended or repealed by PPACA and HCERA as if PPACA or HCERA had not been enacted.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015
Latest action (Mar 2, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 13, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.