MATCH IT Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Kelly (PA)
Introduced
Summary
Uniform patient matching standards would be created to cut misidentification and make health record exchange more accurate. The bill would also require a minimum data set for health IT and add voluntary Medicare incentives and anonymous reporting.
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- Patients and families — Would reduce patient misidentification that can cause medical errors and privacy risks by targeting duplicate and overlaid records.
- Health care providers and EHR vendors — Would require the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to develop a minimum data set, add it to the U.S. Core Data for Interoperability, and incorporate it into certification criteria within 180 days and program requirements within 24 months.
- Medicare providers — Would let the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services create a voluntary bonus measure in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program so providers who attest to an accurate patient match rate of at least 90% could receive a payment adjustment. Attestations would not be publicly disclosed and reporting would be voluntary and anonymous.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Medicare bonus for accurate patient matching
After Medicare adopts the new data set, CMS would have 24 months to create a voluntary bonus in the Promoting Interoperability Program. Eligible providers who attest to a 90% or higher accurate match rate (or an adjusted target) could get extra payment. Not attesting would not hurt a provider’s score, and reported rates would not be public. HHS and other agencies would build a voluntary, anonymous system for providers to submit accuracy data. CMS would review this data each year and could change the target to spur better reporting.
Nationwide patient matching rules for EHRs
Within 180 days, HHS would define “patient match rate” and set rules that cover duplicates, overlays, and mismatches, with updates at least every three years. In the same 180 days, HHS would pick a minimum data set to support 99.9% matching and add it to the US Core Data for Interoperability, after consulting providers, vendors, and patient groups. Within one year, HHS would set data standards for those elements. That data set would be added to health IT certification within 180 days of finalizing, and to Medicare interoperability rules within 24 months after that. Providers would not be required to hit 99.9%.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kelly (PA)
PA • R
Cosponsors
Foster
IL • D
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Moulton
MA • D
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Panetta
CA • D
Sponsored 3/26/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 3/31/2025
Miller (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Suozzi
NY • D
Sponsored 4/8/2025
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Harder (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 5/29/2025
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