[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5348 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5348

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore financial 
  stability to Medicare anesthesiology teaching programs for resident 
                              physicians.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2006

Mr. Stark (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Emanuel, 
and Mr. Engel) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore financial 
  stability to Medicare anesthesiology teaching programs for resident 
                              physicians.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching 
Funding Restoration Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL PAYMENT RULE FOR TEACHING ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.

    Section 1848(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(a)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)(A), by inserting ``except as provided 
        in paragraph (5),'' after ``anesthesia cases,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                    ``(5) Special rule for teaching 
                anesthesiologists.--With respect to physicians' 
                services furnished on or after January 1, 2007, in the 
                case of teaching anesthesiologists involved in the 
                training of physician residents in a single anesthesia 
                case or two concurrent anesthesia cases, the fee 
                schedule amount to be applied shall be 100 percent of 
                the fee schedule amount otherwise applicable under this 
                section if the anesthesia services were personally 
                performed by the teaching anesthesiologist alone and 
                paragraph (4) shall not apply if--
                            ``(A) the teaching anesthesiologist is 
                        present during all critical or key portions of 
                        the anesthesia service or procedure involved; 
                        and
                            ``(B) the teaching anesthesiologist (or 
                        another anesthesiologist with whom the teaching 
                        anesthesiologist has entered into an 
                        arrangement) is immediately available to 
                        furnish anesthesia services during the entire 
                        procedure.''.
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