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HR 4845 107th Congress House

Medicare Incentive Access Act of 2002

Official title: To amend XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare demonstration project under which incentive payments are provided in certain areas in order t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare demonstration project under which incentive payments are provided in certain areas in order to stabilize, maintain, or increase access to primary care services for individuals enrolled under part B of such title.

Introduced: May 23, 2002 Introduced by: Larsen, Rick Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Jun 3, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 23, 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.
May 23, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 3, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Incentive Access Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) to establish a three-year demonstration project under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall: (1) select one or more Federal rural health research centers within the Health Resources Services Administration to develop a methodology for designating Medicare health professional shortage areas; (2) select five States as demonstration sites and designate Medicare health professional shortage areas in them; and (3) provide incentive payments to primary care physicians to service those shortage areas.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4845: Medicare Incentive Access Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4845/
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"H.R. 4845: Medicare Incentive Access Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4845/.
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H.R. 4845, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4845/.
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