S 597
112th Congress
Senate
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include neurologists as primary care physicians for purposes of incentive payments for primary care services under the Medicare program.
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Became law
Mar 16, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 16, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to make neurologists eligible as primary care physicians for Medicare primary care incentive payments.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 597: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include neurologists as primary care physicians for purposes of incentive payments for primary care services under the Medicare program.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-597/
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S. 597, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-597/.
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