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HR 4371 111th Congress House Health Accounting and auditing Cardiovascular and respiratory health Government studies and investigations Health personnel Medicare

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services.

Introduced: December 16, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Dec 19, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 18, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 16, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Dec 16, 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.
Dec 16, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Dec 16, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize continued use of 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with an independent entity to study and report to Congress on the practice expense methodology used to determine relative value units under this Act to determine whether the cost finding, indirect cost allocation, scaling, and budget neutrality methodologies used: (1) are consistent with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) distribute the burden of any necessary budget neutrality adjustments proportionally among all physicians' services; and (3) result in allowances that accurately reflect the relative direct and indirect resources involved in the provision of various physicians' services.

What's happening now December 19, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4371: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4371/
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"H.R. 4371: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4371/.
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H.R. 4371, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4371/.
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