Title: Preventing Racism in Medicare Act of 2022
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Preventing Racism in Medicare Act of 2022
This bill prohibits the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from including the development of anti-racism plans (i.e., plans to address systemic racism in health care) as a qualifying clinical practice improvement activity under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), as described in a November 2021 rule. (MIPS is an incentive program under Medicare that allows health care professionals to receive payment adjustments based on certain performance measures.)

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7834 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7834

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services from selecting certain 
activities relating to the development of anti-racism plans as clinical 
      practice improvement activities under the Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2022

 Mr. Palmer (for himself, Mr. Latta, Mr. Mast, Mr. Steube, Mr. Gibbs, 
 Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Roy, Mr. 
    Cloud, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Banks, Mrs. Hartzler, and Mr. Smith of 
  Missouri) introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services from selecting certain 
activities relating to the development of anti-racism plans as clinical 
      practice improvement activities under the Medicare program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Racism in Medicare Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FROM 
              SELECTING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT 
              OF ANTI-RACISM PLANS AS CLINICAL PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT 
              ACTIVITIES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1848(q)(2)(C)(v)(III) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w-4(q)(2)(C)(v)(III)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ``Such term does not include any activity consisting of 
the development of an anti-racism plan (as described in the rule 
entitled `Medicare Program; CY 2022 Payment Policies Under the 
Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; 
Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Provider Enrollment 
Regulation Updates; and Provider and Supplier Prepayment and Post-
Payment Medical Review Requirements' published on November 19, 2021 (86 
Fed. Reg. 65969 et seq.)) or any substantially similar activity.''.
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