Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017

United States115th CongressHR-3726House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 21, 2017

Summary

Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017 This bill establishes alternative protocols and sanctions for inadvertent technical noncompliance with the Stark Rule against self-referral under Medicare. "Technical noncompliance" means, with respect to a compensation arrangement, that: (1) the agreement is not signed by one or more parties to the arrangement, (2) the arrangement was a holdover arrangement for a period longer than is allowed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or (3) documentation of the arrangement contains specified identifying information but is otherwise insufficient to satisfy the writing requirement of an applicable exception.

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  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  2. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-479, Part I.

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  3. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 354.

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  4. Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

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