3.0.0 3557 2022-12-30T04:48:38Z 2022-12-30T04:48:38Z Senate S 2022-02-02 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-02-02T17:35:21Z SURS Extension Act 117 6576 HR 2022-02-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2022-02-02 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2022-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2022-02-02 True Health Health 00 2022-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2022-05-20T20:00:51Z Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support Program Extension Act of 2022 or the SURS Extension Act

This bill reauthorizes funds through FY2027 for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to contract with specified entities (e.g., quality improvement organizations) to provide technical assistance regarding the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and alternative payment models under Medicare, specifically for health professionals in practices with 15 or fewer professionals. (MIPS is an incentive program under Medicare that allows health professionals to receive payment adjustments based on certain performance measures.)

]]> SURS Extension Act of 2022 Display Title SURS Extension Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced SURS Extension Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support Program Extension Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the Quality Payment Program-Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support Program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3557is/xml/BILLS-117s3557is.xml 2022-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.