Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act

Bill: 114-hr-5001
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2016-04-20
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions

Health information and medical records

Health personnel

Medicaid

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act </b></p> <p>This bill&nbsp;requires the Department&nbsp;of Health and Human Services, with respect to electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use incentive programs under Medicare and Medicaid, to continue through 2016 to allow the use of quarterly reporting without regard to the payment year or the stage of meaningful use criteria involved.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5001 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 20, 2016 Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina (for herself, Mr. Tom Price of Georgia , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Kind , Mr. Rush , Ms. Matsui , and Mr. Lewis ) 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 A BILL To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2016 under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act . 2. Continuing use of 3-month quarter EHR reporting periods for professionals and hospitals to demonstrate meaningful use for 2016 under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs In specifying the EHR reporting period under part 495 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue through 2016 to permit the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use for purposes of such part, without regard to the payment year or the stage of meaningful use criteria involved.