HR 3882
107th Congress
House
Health
Access to health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Indexing (Economic policy)
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare
Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2002
Introduced: March 6, 2002
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Became law
Mar 26, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 6, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 6, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E286)
Mar 6, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the Medicare physician payment update system, to: (1) specify the update to the single conversion factor for 2003; (2) prescribe an update for years beginning with 2004; (3) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an index that reflects the weighted-average input prices for physicians' services for a year; and (4) require the Secretary to estimate annually a productivity adjustment factor reflecting estimated growth in multifactor productivity attributable to both labor and nonlabor factors. (Thus eliminates the sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment update system).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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