A bill to repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressS-1133Senate
Latest legislative activity: May 16, 2017

Summary

Official Summary

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to repeal specified limitations, for purposes of Medicare participation, on self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.

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Timeline

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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