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S 5007 116th Congress Senate 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 10, 2020 Introduced by: Boozman, John Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 10, 2020
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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.

What's happening now December 10, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Dec 10, 2020
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Dec 10, 2020
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Dec 10, 2020
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Dec 10, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5007: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-5007/
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"S. 5007: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-5007/.
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S. 5007, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-5007/.
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