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Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002

Introduced: May 22, 2002 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4718-4719)
May 22, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4716-4717)
May 22, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the Medicare hospital outpatient department (OPD) prospective payment system with regard to: (1) fee schedule amounts for clinic and emergency visits; (2) transitional pass-through for additional costs of innovative medical devices, drugs, and biologicals; (3) OPD fee schedule increase factor; (4) budget neutrality adjustment under requirements for periodic review and adjustments components of the prospective payment system; (4) outlier payments; (5) transitional adjustment to limit decline in payment; and (6) requirement to increase relative payment weights in certain circumstances.

Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to provide for permanent extension of provider-based status for any facility or organization that is treated as provider-based in relation to a hospital or critical access hospital under Medicare as of October 1, 2000.

What's happening now May 22, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4718-4719)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5234 Identical bill Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jun 21, 2002
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 21, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2547: Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2547/
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"S. 2547: Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2547/.
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S. 2547, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2547/.
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