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S. 1849 118th Congress Senate

SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow payments under the Medicare program for certain items and services furnished by off-campus outp… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow payments under the Medicare program for certain items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider to be determined under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 7, 2023 Introduced by: John Hoeven Republican · North Dakota See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 7, 2023
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 Latest action June 7, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 955 Identical bill SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jun 7, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1849: SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1849/
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"S. 1849: SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1849/.
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S. 1849, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1849/.
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