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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for refinement of the geographic adjustment factor used for purposes of reimbursing physicians' services under medicare, and for…

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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for refinement of the geographic adjustment factor used for purposes of reimbursing physicians' services under medicare, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 7, 1992 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 7, 1992
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Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the first triennial review and revision of the geographic adjustment factor for Medicare physicians' services to apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 1994; and (2) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a special adjustment to the geographical indices to correct for unique local circumstances.

Requires a Health and Human Services study and report to the Congress with respect to the triennial review and revision of such indices.

Requires the Physician Payment Review Commission to study and report to the Congress with respect to providing a special adjustment for physicians in isolated areas.

What's happening now May 7, 1992

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 7, 1992
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2683: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for refinement of the geographic adjustment factor used for purposes of reimbursing physicians' services under medicare, and for other purposes.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-2683/
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"S. 2683: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for refinement of the geographic adjustment factor used for purposes of reimbursing physicians' services under medicare, and for other purposes.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-2683/.
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S. 2683, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-2683/.
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