119th Congress Health
H.R. 2002: MATCH IT Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a definition and standards for patient matching (i.e., the process of accurately matching patients with their medical records, including when records are exchanged between health care providers). It also requires the development of (1) a minimum data set for technology standards to increase patient matching, and (2) incentives for patient matching under Medicare.
Specifically, the bill requires HHS to develop a uniform definition and standards for patient matching to track patient match rates and document improvement over time. The definition and standards must account for certain situations, including duplicate records and multiple matches.
The bill also requires the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to adopt a minimum data set to help health care providers or health information systems achieve a patient match rate of 99.9%. The minimum data set and related standards must be incorporated into the U.S. Core Data for Interoperability and the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for health information technology.
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Additionally, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must establish a voluntary bonus measure within the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program to allow health care providers who have a patient match rate over a certain percentage to receive a payment adjustment. The ONC and CMS must develop a voluntary reporting program for providers to anonymously submit patient matching data to HHS.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Bill Foster D-ILOriginal
- Seth Moulton D-MAOriginal
- Donald Davis D-NC
- Eleanor Norton D-DC
- Jimmy Panetta D-CA
- Angie Craig D-MN
- Carol Miller R-WV
- Thomas Suozzi D-NY
- Terri Sewell D-AL
- Josh Harder D-CA
- Darren Soto D-FL
- Blake Moore R-UT
- David Schweikert R-AZ
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PA
- Frederica Wilson D-FL
- Claudia Tenney R-NY
- Sarah McBride D-DE
Who scored on this bill
- 1Mike Kelly SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Mike Kelly.
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- Introduced in House
- 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.