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
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Dec 10, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 10, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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