H.R. 5558 · 115th Congress
Alternatives to Opioids Prescribing Act
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This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate alternatives to the use of opioids to treat Medicare enrollees in hospital emergency departments.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 18, 2018
Alternatives to Opioids Prescribing Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate alternatives to the use of opioids to treat Medicare enrollees in hospital emergency departments. Under the project, the CMS must provide incentive payments to participating hospitals for decreasing the use of opioids and increasing the use of opioid alternatives.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Alternatives to Opioids Prescribing Act
Latest action (Apr 25, 2018): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 18, 2018
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.