H.R. 2 : The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

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Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare.

Health insurance.

Medical economics.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (75 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

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Summary:

Summarizes title-by-title provisions of H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, to repeal current sustainable growth rate formula for calculating updates to Medicare payment rates to physicians and establish an alternative set of annual updates; to introduce a new merit-based incentive payment system and establish processes for developing, evaluating, and adopting alternative payment models; to extend funding for State CHIP beyond FY2015 for two additional years; and to make other health-related changes. Describes current law and how the Act would change current law.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. H.R. 2

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