S 3516
109th Congress
Senate
Health
Housing and Community Development
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Rural health
Social Welfare
Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act of 2006
Introduced: June 15, 2006
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 6, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11244-11245)
Jun 15, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5952)
Jun 15, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5952)
Jun 15, 2006
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend permanently the floor (at 1.00) on the Medicare work geographic adjustment under the fee schedule for physicians' services.
(The Secretary of Health and Human Services is required, after calculating the work geographic index for payment for physicians' services furnished on or after January 1, 2004, to increase the work geographic index to 1.00 for any locality for which the calculated index is less than 1.00.)
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11244-11245)
Committees of jurisdiction
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