HR 373 · 116th Congress · Health

Fairness for Medical Providers Act of 2019

Introduced 2019-01-09· Sponsored by Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.(2019-03-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Fairness for Medical Providers Act of 2019 This bill allows administrative or judicial review of certain decisions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) relating to the Medicare Primary Care Incentive Payment Program. (The program authorized additional payments to certain primary-care practitioners who provided primary-care services on or after January 1, 2011, and before January 1, 2016.) Current law prohibits administrative or judicial review of CMS decisions regarding the eligibility of primary-care practitioners to receive incentive payments under the program. The bill authorizes review of such decisions in cases where the practitioner failed to meet eligibility criteria due to a coding error for provided items and services.…

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