3.0.0 2408 2023-01-11T13:15:26Z 2023-01-11T13:15:26Z Senate S S 2007-12-05 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-05T18:29:57Z Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 110 4296 HR 2007-12-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 110 6331 HR 2008-07-15 Became Public Law No: 110-275. Related bill CRS 2007-12-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14789) IntroReferral 2007-12-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14788-14789) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2007-12-05 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-12-05 True M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2007-12-05 True S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2007-12-06 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-12-07 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-12-07 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2007-12-07 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-12-07 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-12-12 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-02-05 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-02-13 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-04-01 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-04-01 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2008-04-10 False C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2008-05-01 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-05-01 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2008-05-06 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2008-05-21 False Health Congress Congressional reporting requirements Drugs Electronic data interchange Health information systems Medical fees Medicare Pharmacies Physicians Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Health 00 2007-12-05 Introduced in Senate 2008-02-05T21:22:32Z Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) make incentive payments for physician use of an electronic prescription drug program (E-prescribing); and (2) reduce by 10% the fee schedule amount for failure to use E-prescribing.

Directs the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report to Congress on progress on implementing E-prescribing under the Medicare electronic prescription drug program.

]]> Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 Display Title Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require physician utilization of the Medicare electronic prescription drug program. Introduced in Senate 2007-12-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2408is/xml/BILLS-110s2408is.xml 2007-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14789) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.