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HCONRES 30 100th Congress House Social Welfare Health Medical personnel Medicare Physicians Prospective payment systems (Medical care)

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that no major change in the payment methodology for physicians' services, including services furnished to hospital inpatients, under the medicare program should be made until reports required by the 99th Congress have been received and evaluated.

Introduced: January 22, 1987 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jan 27, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 22, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 22, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 22, 1987
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) no Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) physician payment methodology should be implemented which is based on hospital discharge classifications or requires mandatory assignment; and (2) no drastic change in the Medicare physician payment methodology should be undertaken without the receipt of reports required by legislation enacted in the 99th Congress and a detailed analysis of the long-range impact of such change on the provision of health care.

What's happening now February 2, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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