A bill to limit medicare denials by peer review organizations of medically necessary inpatient hospital services.
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 10, 1987)
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services or a peer review organization from denying Medicare payments (under title XVIII of the Social Security Act) for inpatient hospital services on the basis that the services were not reasonable and medically necessary, if a physician has certified the services as reasonable and medically necessary and has not established a clear pattern of making faulty certifications.
What just happenedMar 18, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Mar 18, 1987CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 13, 1987CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 10, 1987IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 10, 1987IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 10, 1987IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 1987IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House