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<title>Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 2021</title>
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<action-date>2021-08-20</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of </b><b>2021</b></p> <p>This bill requires the&nbsp;Centers for Medicare&nbsp;&amp; Medicaid Services to&nbsp;use&nbsp;specified data regarding physician wages and office rent when determining certain geographic adjustment factors for the payment of physician services under Medicare. With respect to such payment, the bill also makes permanent&nbsp;certain minimum adjustments to the work geographic&nbsp;index&nbsp;and extends to all localities certain minimum adjustments&nbsp;to the practice expense index. </p>]]></summary-text>
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