Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1347
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 

Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 

 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.
 
Terminates this prohibition three years after the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies EHR technology for the ambulatory surgical center setting.

action_date: 2015-07-30
text: 

Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 

 
(Sec. 3) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit, for a payment year after 2015, any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.
 
Terminates this prohibition three years after the Department of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified EHR technology is applicable to the ambulatory surgical center setting.

action_date: 2015-08-05
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 30, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 

Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 

 
(Sec. 3) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit, for a payment year after 2015, any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user.
 
Terminates this prohibition three years after the Department of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified EHR technology is applicable to the ambulatory surgical center setting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6425; text as passed Senate: CR S6425)
action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6425; text as passed Senate: CR S6425)
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 185.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-106.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-106.
action_date: 2015-06-24
text: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate