S 1135
108th Congress
Senate
Health
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare
Medicare Physician Payment Equity Act of 2003
Introduced: May 22, 2003
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3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 22, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7040-7041)
May 22, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Physician Payment Equity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) establishment of a uniform national Medicare physician fee schedule; and (2) phase-out of geographic adjustment indices.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) the recruitment and retention of physicians; (2) the access of Medicare beneficiaries to physicians, medical tests, and medical therapies in each fee schedule area; and (3) the use by Medicare beneficiaries of items and services for which payment may be made under the Medicare program in each such fee schedule area.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1