Bill Sponsor
House Bill 506
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Hospital Competition Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jan 11, 2019
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Jan 11, 2019
Latest Action
Mar 1, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
506
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Indiana
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
January 11, 2019
Actions (5)
03/01/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
02/25/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
01/25/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
01/11/2019
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.
01/11/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 2:02:55 PM