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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6048" measure-id="id117hr6048" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-11-18" update-date="2022-04-15">
        <title>Medicare Stability for Patients and Providers Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr6048v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-04-15">
            <action-date>2021-11-18</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Medicare Stability for Patients and Providers Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) from implementing the clinical labor price updates in a specified rule that was issued on November 19, 2021, relating to the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2022. The CMS must also analyze and report on information relating to the physician fee schedule in general, including whether it has accurately reflected medical inflation or should be reformed.</p>]]></summary-text>
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