3.0.0 2201 2023-01-11T13:19:28Z 2023-01-11T13:19:28Z House H HR 2009-04-30 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-05-04T15:46:44Z Referred to 2009-04-30T14:04:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-04-30T14:04:46Z 2009-05-04 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-04-30 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-04-30 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-30 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-04-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 N S001172 Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] Adrian Smith R NE 3 2009-04-30 True B001252 Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] John Barrow D GA 12 2009-04-30 True T000466 Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2] Harry Teague D NM 2 2009-04-30 True B000657 Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] RICK BOUCHER D VA 9 2009-04-30 True K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2009-04-30 True S001173 Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18] Zachary Space D OH T. 18 2009-05-04 False P000592 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Ted Poe R TX 2 2009-05-07 False L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2009-05-13 False B001236 Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] John Boozman R AR 3 2009-06-04 False K000365 Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] Steve Kagen D WI 8 2009-06-18 False Health Health personnel Medicare Health 00 2009-04-30 Introduced in House 2009-05-12T14:49:18Z Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2009 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to certain factors and indices in geographic adjustments to the fee schedule for determination of payments for physicians' services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase the practice expense geographic index to 1.0 for any location for which the practice expense geographic index is less than 1.0.

Repeals the current termination date in order to extend permanently the 1.0 floor for the work expense geographic index.


]]> Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2009 Display Title Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a floor of 1.0 for the practice expense and for the work expense geographic practice cost indices (GPCI) under the Medicare Program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2201ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2201ih.xml 2009-05-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.