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<title>Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID?19 Act of 2020</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s5007v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-01-07">
<action-date>2020-12-10</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill temporarily increases payments to providers under Medicare medical services. Specifically, the bill provides an additional payment for certain services in 2021 and 2022 if the otherwise applicable payment is less than what it would have been in 2020. The bill applies to services that are payable under the physician fee schedule, excluding specified outpatient evaluation and management services.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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