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S 1707 107th Congress Senate Health Administrative procedure Congress Congressional reporting requirements Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Law Legislation Medical fees Medicare Physicians Social Welfare

Medicare Physician Payment Fairness Act of 2001

Introduced: November 15, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 15, 2001
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Physician Payment Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to set the conversion factor (update) for payments under the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2002 at 0.9 percent less than the conversion factor for 2001. Declares that this conversion factor and a specified update adjustment factor for a year after 2002 shall be applied as if this Act had not been in effect.

Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report to Congress on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in determining the update for such payments with a factor that more fully accounts for changes in the unit costs of providing physicians' services.

What's happening now November 15, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6 Republican 3
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Apr 9, 2002
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Dec 19, 2001
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Dec 19, 2001
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Dec 11, 2001
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Dec 10, 2001
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Dec 5, 2001
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Nov 29, 2001
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Nov 15, 2001
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Nov 15, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1707: Medicare Physician Payment Fairness Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1707/
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