Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 2021
Summary
Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 2021 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use specified data regarding physician wages and office rent when determining certain geographic adjustment factors for the payment of physician services under Medicare. With respect to such payment, the bill also makes permanent certain minimum adjustments to the work geographic index and extends to all localities certain minimum adjustments to the practice expense index.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 20, 2021
Last action Aug 23, 2021
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Total actions
4
Key actions
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Committee
3
Aug 23, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Aug 20, 2021
Committee
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.
lower
Aug 20, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Aug 20, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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