To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the eligibility of eligible professionals practicing in rural health clinics for electronic health records and quality improvement incentives under Medicare.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) extend Medicare electronic health record incentives to eligible professionals practicing in rural health clinics, and (2) extend Medicare quality reporting incentives to such clinics.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3458 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3458

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the 
   eligibility of eligible professionals practicing in rural health 
     clinics for electronic health records and quality improvement 
                       incentives under Medicare.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2011

    Mr. Schock (for himself, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Huizenga of 
 Michigan, Mr. Rehberg, and Mr. Walden) introduced the following bill; 
  which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the 
   eligibility of eligible professionals practicing in rural health 
     clinics for electronic health records and quality improvement 
                       incentives under Medicare.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF MEDICARE EHR INCENTIVES TO ELIGIBLE 
              PROFESSIONALS PRACTICING IN RURAL HEALTH CLINICS.

    Section 1848(o)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w(o)(5)(A)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ``and, with respect to payment years after 2011, 
includes rural health clinic services (as defined in section 
1861(aa)(1)) furnished by an eligible professional''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MEDICARE ERX AND QUALITY REPORTING INCENTIVES TO 
              RURAL HEALTH CLINICS.

    Section 1848(m)(6)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w(m)(6)(A)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ``except that the term `covered professional services' 
shall, with respect to reporting periods for 2012 or a subsequent year, 
include rural health clinic services (as defined in section 
1861(aa)(1)) furnished by an eligible professional''.
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