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S. 1347, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 1 (July 16, 2015)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo2433 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE July 16, 2015 S. 1347 Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 As ordered reported by the Senate Finance Committee on June 24, 2015 SUMMARY Under current law, a physician or other professional may be subject to payment reductions for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries if the provider fails to achieve meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) technology. The meaningful use standard requires that at least half of the provider's patient encounters occur in a setting that uses certified EHR technology. S. 1347 would temporarily exclude services furnished in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) from being included in the count of patient encounters for the purpose of determining whether a provider achieves meaningful use of EHR technology. CBO estimates that enacting S. 1347 would increase direct spending by $15 million over the fiscal year 2016-2025 period. Pay-as-you-go procedures apply because enacting the legislation would affect direct spending. The legislation would not affect revenues. S. 1347 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT The estimated budgetary effect of enacting S. 1347 is shown in the following table. The costs of this legislation fall within budget function 570 (Medicare).

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