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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that no major change in the payment methodology for physicians' services, including services furnished to hospital inpatients, under the…

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the 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: February 5, 1987 See on congress.gov
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Feb 5, 1987
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 5, 1987
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 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 5, 1987

Referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 24, 1987
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Mar 17, 1987
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Con. Res. 15: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the 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.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SCONRES-15/
MLA
"S. Con. Res. 15: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the 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.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SCONRES-15/.
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S. Con. Res. 15, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SCONRES-15/.
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[S. Con. Res. 15: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SCONRES-15/)
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