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.)
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-27 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2015-03-03 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House floor actions |
| 2015-03-03 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |