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Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act of 2002

Introduced: May 16, 2002 See on congress.gov
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May 16, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4502)
May 16, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4501-4503)
May 16, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish procedures under which the Secretary, and not the physician furnishing the service, is responsible for determining when a payment is required to be made under the Medicare incentive (bonus) payment program.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish and implement an ongoing educational program to provide education to physicians under the Medicare program on the Medicare incentive payment program; and (2) conduct an ongoing study of such program for annual reports to Congress.

What's happening now May 16, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4502)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Aug 1, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2529: Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2529/
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"S. 2529: Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2529/.
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S. 2529, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2529/.
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