• Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Health Subcommittee• Health Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee
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Hospital Competition Act of 2019 This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to hospital costs, payments, and infrastructure. Among other things, the bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to (1) in the case of hospitals that meet specified market concentration thresholds, apply Medicare reimbursement rates regardless of whether the individual receiving services is entitled to or enrolled in Medicare; and (2) publish the prices charged for specified services that are highly utilized. The bill also repeals (1) performance incentives under the Medicare Shared Savings Program for accountable care organizations, and (2) provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that prohibit physician-owned hospitals from expanding facility capacity.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Competition and antitrustComputers and information technologyGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHospital careMedicareSocial security and elderly assistanceState and local finance
Hospital Competition Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-506| House
| Updated: 3/1/2019
Hospital Competition Act of 2019 This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to hospital costs, payments, and infrastructure. Among other things, the bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to (1) in the case of hospitals that meet specified market concentration thresholds, apply Medicare reimbursement rates regardless of whether the individual receiving services is entitled to or enrolled in Medicare; and (2) publish the prices charged for specified services that are highly utilized. The bill also repeals (1) performance incentives under the Medicare Shared Savings Program for accountable care organizations, and (2) provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that prohibit physician-owned hospitals from expanding facility capacity.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
• Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Health Subcommittee• Health Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee
Competition and antitrustComputers and information technologyGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHospital careMedicareSocial security and elderly assistanceState and local finance