House Bill 6138
115th Congress(2017-2018)
ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2018
Active
Passed House on Jul 24, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
6138
Congress
115
Policy Area
Health
Health
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checkPassed on July 24, 2018
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7116-7117)
Summary
Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Transparency Act of 2018 or ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2018
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to specify the criteria used to exclude certain procedures from the list of covered surgical procedures that may be performed in an ambulatory surgical center under Medicare. The CMS may not exclude a procedure on the basis that the procedure can only be reported using an unlisted surgical procedure code.
The bill also requires the expert outside advisory panel that reviews the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services to include at least one ambulatory surgical center representative.
July 25, 2018
July 24, 2018
July 17, 2018
June 19, 2018
07/25/2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
07/24/2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
07/24/2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7116-7117)
07/24/2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7116-7117)
07/24/2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6138.
07/24/2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7116-7118)
07/24/2018
Mr. Nunes moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
07/17/2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 643.
07/17/2018
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
07/17/2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-831, Part I.
06/27/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
06/21/2018
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
06/21/2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
06/19/2018
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.
06/19/2018
Introduced in House
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