To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare in the same manner as hospitals located in one of the 50 States are eligible for such incentive payments.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 23, 2010

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make subsection (d) hospitals located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments in the same manner as subsection (d) hospitals located in the 50 states.

(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.)

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Rescom. Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] · D–PR

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Ways and Means Committee

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Mar 8, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 23, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 23, 2010
Introduced in House
Feb 23, 2010
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.4669, 111th Congress: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare in the same manner as hospitals located in one of the 50 States are eligible for such incentive payments.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4669

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2010-02-23.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4669/BILLS-111hr4669ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.4669, 111th Congress: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare in the same manner as hospitals located in one of the 50 States are eligible for such incentive payments.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4669

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2010-02-23.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4669/BILLS-111hr4669ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T16:29:44Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.4669, 111th Congress: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare in the same manner as hospitals located in one of the 50 States are eligible for such incentive payments.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4669

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2010-02-23.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4669/BILLS-111hr4669ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T16:29:44Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.4669, 111th Congress: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that hospitals located in territories are eligible for electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare in the same manner as hospitals located in one of the 50 States are eligible for such incentive payments.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4669

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2010-02-23.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4669/BILLS-111hr4669ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T16:29:44Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine H.R.4669 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.