3.0.0 3258 2023-01-11T13:22:03Z 2023-01-11T13:22:03Z House H HR 2011-10-25 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:H.R. 3258.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H7068]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2011-10-28T21:15:00Z Referred to 2011-10-25T14:01:30Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2011-10-28T21:08:31Z Referred to 2011-10-25T14:01:35Z 2011-10-28 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2011-10-28 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2011-10-25 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 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2011-10-25 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 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2011-10-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-10-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 N M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2011-10-25 True K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2011-10-25 True D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2011-10-25 True I000026 Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] JAY INSLEE D WA 1 2011-10-25 True P000596 Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] Pedro Pierluisi D PR R. 0 2011-12-01 False R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2011-12-16 False L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2012-01-24 False Health Health personnel Home and outpatient care Hospital care Medicare Health 00 2011-10-25 Introduced in House 2011-11-17T19:37:00Z Medicare Equity Extension Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the formulae for determining payments for physician services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled), to extend through calendar 2013: (1) a specified formula element for the employee wage and rent portions of the Medicare practice expense geographic adjustment, and (2) the Medicare work geographic adjustment floor at 1.0 under the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010.

Terminates as of December 31, 2011, the 1.00 floor under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): (1) on the area wage index for hospitals in frontier states (half of whose counties have a population per square mile of less than 6), (2) on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services in frontier states, and (3) for the practice expense index for services furnished in frontier states.

]]> Medicare Equity Extension Act of 2011 Display Title Medicare Equity Extension Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To extend for a 2 year certain geographic practice cost index (GPCI) adjustments under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Equity Extension Act of 2011 Introduced in House 2011-10-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr3258ih/xml/BILLS-112hr3258ih.xml 2011-10-28 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.