3.0.0 2998 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z Senate S 2016-05-26 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-26T15:57:13Z Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2016 114 5009 HR 2016-05-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2016-05-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY N Health Administrative remedies Department of Health and Human Services Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Hospital care Medicare Health 00 2016-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2016-12-27T15:52:36Z Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2016

This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions related to coverage and payment for certain breakthrough medical devices under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Specifically, with respect to such devices, the bill: (1) provides for transitional coverage; (2) establishes accelerated processes for determining regular coverage and payment; and (3) modifies provisions related to specified payment adjustments, cost thresholds, and classification.

]]> Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2016 Display Title Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure prompt coverage of breakthrough devices under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2998is/xml/BILLS-114s2998is.xml 2016-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.