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H.R. 1700 (112th)

Medicare Patient Empowerment Act

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Introduced

3 May 2011

Last action

6 May 2011 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6], Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17], Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1], Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5], Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12], Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3], Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2], Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26], Rep. Hayworth, Nan A. S. [R-NY-19], Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3], Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2], Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5], Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15], Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1], Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1], Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2], Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6], Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10], Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19], Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18], Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6], Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1], Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5], Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7], Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1], Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1], Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6], Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10], Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2], Rep. Mack, Connie [R-FL-14], Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2], Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3], Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3], Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16], Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8], Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5], Rep. Buerkle, Ann Marie [R-NY-25], Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

5 December 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Medicare Patient Empowerment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow any Medicare beneficiary to enter into a contract with a non-participating (as well as with a participating) physician or practitioner for any item or service covered by Medicare. Allows such beneficiaries to submit a claim for Medicare payment in the amount that would otherwise apply if the claim had been filed by a participating physician or practitioner in the payment area where the physician or practitioner covered by the contract resides. Requires a Medicare beneficiary to agree in writing in such a contract to: (1) pay the physician or practitioner for a Medicare-covered item or service; and (2) submit (in lieu of the physician or practitioner) a claim for Medicare payment. Allows a beneficiary, however, to negotiate, as a term of the contract, for the physician or practitioner to file such claims on the beneficiary's behalf. Preempts state laws from limiting the amount of charges for physician and practitioner services for which Medicare payment is made.

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Timeline

  1. 3 May 2011

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 3 May 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 3 May 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 5 May 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  5. 6 May 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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