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HR 6459 111th Congress House

To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust…

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Official title: To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates.

Introduced: December 8, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Nov 30, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Nov 30, 2010
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.
Nov 30, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Nov 30, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 30, 2010

Referred to House Ways and Means

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for determining the relative value of physicians' services for fee payment purposes.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for a 4-year transition applicable in the case of codes (for services) for which: (1) a single code is used for payment for services for which multiple codes were previously used; and (2) a change in relative value units results in a reduction in such units of 10% or more. Applies this 4-year transition to the number of percentage points of the reduction in excess of 10%.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Dec 17, 2010
Murphy, Scott
· Dec 16, 2010
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Dec 8, 2010
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Dec 8, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6459: To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6459/
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"H.R. 6459: To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6459/.
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H.R. 6459, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6459/.
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[H.R. 6459: To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6459/)
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