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Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990

Introduced: April 4, 1990 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Apr 23, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Apr 12, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 4, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 4, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 4, 1990
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require carriers and peer review organizations to release the medical review screen or the associated screening parameter to a physician before notifying such physician that payment for his or her service has been denied.

Permits Medicare reimbursement of a patient's regular physician for services provided to such patient by another physician who occasionally covers for the regular physician.

Requires Medicare carriers to provide physicians, upon request and without charge, with carrier-generated information which physicians need to submit a payment claim or respond to a carrier inquiry.

Allows a medical society or other professional organization representing physicians to represent a group or class of physicians in Medicare payment determinations, reconsiderations, or appeals.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint, based on nominations submitted by national medical organizations representing physicians, a Practicing Physicians Advisory Council with which the Secretary must consult concerning changes in the Medicare program and proposed changes in regulations and carrier operation policies.

What's happening now April 23, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2591 Identical bill Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Republican 1
D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Sep 19, 1990
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Sep 19, 1990
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Aug 3, 1990
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 7, 1990
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 7, 1990
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 9, 1990
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4475: Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4475/
MLA
"H.R. 4475: Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4475/.
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H.R. 4475, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4475/.
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