3.0.0 6459 2023-01-11T13:21:18Z 2023-01-11T13:21:18Z House H HR 2010-11-30 111 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-11-30T15:31:20Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-11-30T15:31:15Z 2010-11-30 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2010-11-30 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 2010-11-30 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2010-11-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-11-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000544 Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] CHARLES GONZALEZ D TX A. 20 N B001243 Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] Marsha Blackburn R TN 7 2010-12-08 False T000469 Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21] Paul Tonko D NY 21 2010-12-08 False D000355 Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15] JOHN DINGELL D MI D. 15 2010-12-08 False R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2010-12-16 False M001178 Rep. Murphy, Scott [D-NY-20] Scott Murphy D NY 20 2010-12-16 False C001069 Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] Joe Courtney D CT 2 2010-12-17 False Health Health personnel Medicare Health 00 2010-11-30 Introduced in House 2011-01-05T16:52:31Z Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for determining the relative value of physicians' services for fee payment purposes.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for a 4-year transition applicable in the case of codes (for services) for which: (1) a single code is used for payment for services for which multiple codes were previously used; and (2) a change in relative value units results in a reduction in such units of 10% or more. Applies this 4-year transition to the number of percentage points of the reduction in excess of 10%.

]]> To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates. Display Title To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates. Official Title as Introduced To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2010-11-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr6459ih/xml/BILLS-111hr6459ih.xml 2010-11-30 Referred to House Ways and Means 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.