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115TH CONGRESS [ REPT. 115-831
2d Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I Part 1
AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER PAYMENT
TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2018
JULY 17, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BRADY of Texas, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 6138]
The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6138) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to
provide for ambulatory surgical center representation during the
review of hospital outpatient payment rates under part B of the
Medicare program, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ................................................................. 2
A. Purpose and Sum m ary ......................................................................... 2
B. Background and Need for Legislation ................................................ 2
C. Legislative H istory .............................................................................. 3
II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ..................................................................... 3
A. The Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Transparency
A ct ...................................................................................................... . 3
III. VOTES OF THE COM M ITTEE ..................................................................... 4
IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL ............................................................... 4
A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects ........................................ 4
B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
tures Budget Authority ..................................................................... 4
V. OTHER MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED UNDER THE RULES OF THE
H O U SE .......................................................................................................... 4
A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ................... 4
B. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................ 5
C. Information Relating to Unfunded Mandates ................................... 5
D. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff
B enefits ............................................................................................... 5
E. Duplication of Federal Programs ........................................................ 5
VI. CORRESPONDEN CE ...................................................................................... 6
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