HR-5778 : Still Just a Bill

Promoting Outpatient Access to Non-Opioid Treatments Act

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to review payments under Medicare for opioid and non-opioid pain management procedures, specifically with respect to ambulatory outpatient surgical procedures and hospital outpatient department services. The CMS must ensure that there are no payment incentives for using opioids instead of non-opioid alternatives and must make revisions accordingly.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2018-05-31CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2018-05-11IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Health
See Subjects
  • Alternative treatments
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Home and outpatient care
  • Medicare
  • Surgery and anesthesia

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