S. 1602
Referred to CommitteePuerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
6/17/2015 • Senate
Summary
Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply Medicare HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) payments to subsection (d) hospitals in Puerto Rico to allow them to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record Technology.
(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
Introduced in Senate • 6/17/2015
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Originated in the Senate
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June 17, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2015