3.0.0 1256 2022-02-03T06:01:24Z 2022-02-03T06:01:24Z House H HR 2011-03-30 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McDERMOTT:H.R. 1256.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution[Page H2107]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2011-04-07T20:04:16Z Referred to 2011-03-30T14:02:50Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2011-04-07T15:11:39Z Referred to 2011-03-30T14:02:45Z 2011-04-07 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2011-04-07 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2011-03-30 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2011-03-30 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2011-03-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E569) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2011-04-01 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2011-04-08 False F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2011-06-22 False Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 2011-07-11 False Health Government studies and investigations Health personnel Medicare Public contracts and procurement Health 00 2011-03-30 Introduced in House 2011-05-17T16:45:41Z Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify physician services annually (currently, periodically) as being potentially misvalued using specified criteria.

Authorizes the Secretary to use existing processes to receive recommendations on the review and appropriate adjustment of potentially misvalued physician services, but only to the extent consistent with the use of analytic contractors.

Requires the Secretary of HHS to use analytic contractors to identify, and analyze services identified as being, potentially misvalued physician services, and perform related tasks as currently authorized.

]]> Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 Display Title Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the use of analytic contractors in identifying and analyzing misvalued physician services under the Medicare physician fee schedule and an annual review of potentially misvalued codes under that fee schedule. Introduced in House 2011-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr1256ih/xml/BILLS-112hr1256ih.xml 2011-04-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.