Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act

Bill: 114-s-2822
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
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: 2016-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2822 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 20, 2016 Mr. Portman (for himself and Mr. Bennet ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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.