HR 2204
111th Congress
House
Health
Health personnel
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Surgery and anesthesia
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2009
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 30, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 30, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by a physician who is an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payment is made for anesthesia services furnished by a certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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