To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out under the Medicare program an alternatives to opioids in emergency departments demonstration project.
USA115th CongressHR-5558| House
| Updated: 4/25/2018
Vern Buchanan
Republican Representative
Florida
Cosponsors (1)
Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Alternatives to Opioids Prescribing Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate alternatives to the use of opioids to treat Medicare enrollees in hospital emergency departments. Under the project, the CMS must provide incentive payments to participating hospitals for decreasing the use of opioids and increasing the use of opioid alternatives.
View Full TextSuggested Questions
Get AI-generated questions to help you understand this bill better
Timeline
Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health
Alternative treatmentsCongressional oversightDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmergency medical services and trauma careHospital careMedicare
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out under the Medicare program an alternatives to opioids in emergency departments demonstration project.
USA115th CongressHR-5558| House
| Updated: 4/25/2018
Alternatives to Opioids Prescribing Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate alternatives to the use of opioids to treat Medicare enrollees in hospital emergency departments. Under the project, the CMS must provide incentive payments to participating hospitals for decreasing the use of opioids and increasing the use of opioid alternatives.
View Full TextSuggested Questions
Get AI-generated questions to help you understand this bill better
Timeline
Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Vern Buchanan
Republican Representative
Florida
Cosponsors (1)
Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
Related Bills
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Alternative treatmentsCongressional oversightDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmergency medical services and trauma careHospital careMedicare