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HR 8702 116th Congress House Health Health care costs and insurance Health personnel Home and outpatient care Medicare

Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020

Introduced: December 7, 2020 Introduced by: Bera, Ami Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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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.
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Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020

This bill temporarily increases payments to providers under Medicare medical services. Specifically, the bill provides an additional payment for certain services in 2021 and 2022 if the otherwise applicable payment is less than what it would have been in 2020. The bill applies to services that are payable under the physician fee schedule, excluding specified outpatient evaluation and management services.

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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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 107
All 107 Democratic 34 Republican 27
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Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Dec 18, 2020
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Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Dec 18, 2020
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Dec 17, 2020
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Dec 17, 2020
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Dec 16, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Dec 16, 2020
Gallagher, Mike
· Dec 16, 2020
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Dec 16, 2020
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Dec 16, 2020
Phillips, Dean
· Dec 16, 2020
 D
Scott, David
Georgia · Dec 16, 2020
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Dec 16, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Dec 16, 2020
Yarmuth, John
· Dec 16, 2020
Sires, Albio
· Dec 10, 2020
Wild, Susan
· Dec 10, 2020
 R
Meuser, Daniel
Pennsylvania · Dec 9, 2020
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Dec 9, 2020
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Dec 9, 2020
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Dec 9, 2020
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Dec 8, 2020
Rice, Kathleen
· Dec 8, 2020
Deutch, Theodore
· Dec 7, 2020
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Dec 7, 2020
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Dec 7, 2020
O'Halleran, Tom
· Dec 7, 2020
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Dec 7, 2020
Bustos, Cheri
· Dec 4, 2020
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Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Dec 4, 2020
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Dec 4, 2020
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Dec 4, 2020
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· Dec 4, 2020
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Dec 4, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Dec 4, 2020
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Dec 4, 2020
 D
Sherrill, Mikie
New Jersey · Dec 4, 2020
Walorski, Jackie
· Dec 4, 2020
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Dec 3, 2020
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Dec 3, 2020
 R
Guest, Michael
Mississippi · Dec 3, 2020
Hagedorn, Jim
· Dec 3, 2020
 R
Kustoff, David
Tennessee · Dec 3, 2020
Stivers, Steve
· Dec 3, 2020
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Dec 3, 2020
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Dec 2, 2020
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Dec 2, 2020
Cárdenas, Tony
· Dec 2, 2020
Cicilline, David
· Dec 2, 2020
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Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Dec 2, 2020
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Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Dec 2, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8702: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8702/
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"H.R. 8702: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8702/.
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