3.0.0 5290 2023-01-11T13:20:11Z 2023-01-11T13:20:11Z House H HR 2010-05-12 111 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2010-05-17T19:12:04Z Referred to 2010-05-12T14:02:49Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-05-12T14:02:48Z 2010-05-17 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2010-05-12 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2010-05-12 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 2010-05-12 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2010-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000554 Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] Gabrielle Giffords D AZ 8 N B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 2010-05-12 True L000557 Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] JOHN LARSON D CT B. 1 2010-05-12 True Health Health personnel Medicare Health 00 2010-05-12 Introduced in House 2010-05-18T14:41:49Z More Doctors, More Choices Act 0f 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), if a Medicare SGR extension law is enacted during the 111th Congress, to permit a non-participating physician or supplier who furnishes (or may furnish) services for which payment is made under the Medicare physician fee schedule (or would be so made but for a private contract with a Medicare beneficiary) to elect during a certain period to become a Medicare participating physician or supplier.

Defines Medicare SGR extension law as one that extends or revises for at least one year the amount of the conversion factor used in updating payments under the physicians fee schedule so that it is not lower than the conversion factor for May 2010.

]]> More Doctors, More Choices Act of 2010 Display Title More Doctors, More Choices Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To permit physicians and suppliers a new election to become Medicare participating physicians and suppliers if Medicare physician fee schedule rates are extended. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced More Doctors, More Choices Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5290ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5290ih.xml 2010-05-17 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.