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HR 3258 112th Congress House

Medicare Equity Extension Act of 2011

Official title: To extend for a 2 year certain geographic practice cost index (GPCI) adjustments under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 25, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Health personnelHome and outpatient careHospital careMedicare
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Oct 28, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 25, 2011
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.
Oct 25, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 28, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Equity Extension Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the formulae for determining payments for physician services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled), to extend through calendar 2013: (1) a specified formula element for the employee wage and rent portions of the Medicare practice expense geographic adjustment, and (2) the Medicare work geographic adjustment floor at 1.0 under the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010.

Terminates as of December 31, 2011, the 1.00 floor under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): (1) on the area wage index for hospitals in frontier states (half of whose counties have a population per square mile of less than 6), (2) on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services in frontier states, and (3) for the practice expense index for services furnished in frontier states.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
ROSS, MIKE
· Dec 16, 2011
Pierluisi, Pedro
· Dec 1, 2011
INSLEE, JAY
· Oct 25, 2011
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Oct 25, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3258: Medicare Equity Extension Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3258/
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"H.R. 3258: Medicare Equity Extension Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3258/.
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