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HR 3302 116th Congress House

Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 2019

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the accuracy of geographic adjustment factors under the Medicare program and to permanently extend c… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the accuracy of geographic adjustment factors under the Medicare program and to permanently extend certain adjustments to such factors for certain localities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 28, 2019 See on congress.gov
Health Health information and medical recordsHealth personnelMedicareWages and earnings
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jun 19, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 18, 2019
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 18, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 19, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 2019

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use specified data regarding physician wages and office rent when determining certain geographic adjustment factors for the payment of physician services under Medicare. With respect to such payment, the bill also makes permanent certain minimum adjustments to the work geographic index and extends to all localities certain minimum adjustments to the practice expense index.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 7 Republican 5
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Oct 28, 2019
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Hill, J. French
Arkansas · Sep 10, 2019
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Khanna, Ro
California · Aug 16, 2019
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Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Aug 16, 2019
O'Halleran, Tom
· Aug 6, 2019
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Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Jul 24, 2019
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Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Jul 11, 2019
Reed, Tom
· Jul 10, 2019
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Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Jul 9, 2019
Bustos, Cheri
· Jun 28, 2019
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Harder, Josh
California · Jun 28, 2019
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Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Jun 28, 2019
KIND, RON
· Jun 18, 2019
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LaHood, Darin
Illinois · Jun 18, 2019
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jun 18, 2019
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Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Jun 18, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3302: Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3302/
MLA
"H.R. 3302: Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3302/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 3302, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3302/.
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