S 4151
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 2, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 2, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act
This bill allows for payment under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services of certain items and services that are furnished at off-campus outpatient departments. Specifically, the bill allows for payment of items and services for which payments to physician specialists (under the Medicare physician fee schedule) did not exceed $2 million during the previous year.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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