H.R. 5776 · 115th Congress
MOST Act
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NealSponsor3 cosponsors · 1 D, 2 R
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This bill establishes several requirements for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and alters requirements under Medicare and Medicare Advantage, related to pain management and opioid use.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 11, 2018
Medicare and Opioid Safe Treatment Act or the MOST Act
This bill establishes several requirements for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and alters requirements under Medicare and Medicare Advantage, related to pain management and opioid use.
For example, the bill requires certified opioid treatment program services to be covered under Medicare.
Additionally, among other requirements, the CMS must review payments under Medicare for opioid and non-opioid pain management procedures, specifically with respect to ambulatory outpatient surgical procedures and hospital outpatient department services. The CMS must ensure that there are no payment incentives for using opioids instead of non-opioid alternatives and must make revisions accordingly.
The bill also requires payment under Medicare to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics that have health care practitioners who are newly certified to provide medication-assisted treatment (e.g., buprenorphine).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: MOST Act
Also known as: Medicare and Opioid Safe Treatment Act
Latest action (Jun 19, 2018): Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-764, Part I.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: May 11, 2018
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.