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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="3817" measure-id="id115hr3817" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2017-09-21" update-date="2019-08-05">
<title>To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the accuracy of geographic adjustment factors under the Medicare program and to permanently extend certain adjustments to such factors for certain localities, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr3817v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-08-05">
<action-date>2017-09-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill alters provisions relating to the determination of geographic adjustment factors for the payment of physician services under Medicare, and makes permanent certain adjustments for services furnished&nbsp;in Wisconsin and Iowa.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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