Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017
USA115th CongressHR-3726| House
| Updated: 12/21/2017
Kenny Marchant
Republican Representative
Texas
Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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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Introduced in House
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.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 354.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-479, Part I.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Health
Business ethicsCivil actions and liabilityHealth personnelMedical ethicsMedicare
Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017
USA115th CongressHR-3726| House
| Updated: 12/21/2017
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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Introduced in House
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.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 354.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-479, Part I.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Kenny Marchant
Republican Representative
Texas
Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Business ethicsCivil actions and liabilityHealth personnelMedical ethicsMedicare