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Medicare Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant Direct Reimbursement Act of 2000

Introduced: March 14, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Mar 21, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 21, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 14, 2000
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Mar 14, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E310-311)
Mar 14, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant Direct Reimbursement Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of surgical first assisting services furnished by certified registered nurse first assistants.

Provides for payment of such nurses on an assignment-related basis.

Excludes services of such nurses from the definition of "covered skilled nursing facility services" for purposes of applying a prospective payment formula for such services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reduce the amount of Medicare payments otherwise made to hospitals to eliminate estimated duplicate payments for historical or current costs attributable to surgical first assisting services furnished by certified registered nurse first assistants.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on recommendations for adjustments to the payment amounts established under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare for surgical first assisting services furnished by such nurses to ensure that the payment amounts reflect the approximate costs of furnishing such services, taking into account the costs of compensation, overhead, and supervision attributable to such nurses.

What's happening now March 21, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 31, 2000
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Thompson, Mike
California · Jun 9, 2000
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 21, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3911: Medicare Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant Direct Reimbursement Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3911/
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"H.R. 3911: Medicare Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant Direct Reimbursement Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3911/.
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H.R. 3911, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3911/.
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