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HR 2844 111th Congress House

Medicare Payment Improvement Act of 2009

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the Medicare physician fee schedule.

Introduced: June 19, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health Health care qualityHealth personnelMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 15, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jun 12, 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.
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 12, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 15, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Payment Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine a value index for the physician work component for each Medicare physician fee schedule area.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 3074 Related bill Medicare Payment Fairness Act of 2009
  • S 1249 Related bill Medicare Payment Improvement Act of 2009
  • S 1262 Related bill Medical Efficiency and Delivery Improvement of Care Act (MEDIC) of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Oct 15, 2009
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 19, 2009
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 19, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2844: Medicare Payment Improvement Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2844/
MLA
"H.R. 2844: Medicare Payment Improvement Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2844/.
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H.R. 2844, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2844/.
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