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HR 1392 111th Congress House

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts…

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Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.

Introduced: September 8, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health MedicarePrescription drugs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 10, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 9, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 9, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 9, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 9, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 10, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the use of average sales price methodology for calculating payments for drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).

Excludes from the manufacturer's average sales price when calculating such payments any customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 13 Republican 2
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Feb 23, 2010
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Oct 14, 2009
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Sep 14, 2009
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Sep 8, 2009
Massa, Eric
· Sep 8, 2009
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 24, 2009
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Jun 10, 2009
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jun 10, 2009
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 2, 2009
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 21, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 6, 2009
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 22, 2009
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 2, 2009
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 19, 2009
BONO MACK, MARY
· Mar 19, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 19, 2009
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 9, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1392: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1392/
MLA
"H.R. 1392: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1392/.
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H.R. 1392, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1392/.
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[H.R. 1392: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1392/)
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