HR 955 United States House · 118th Congress

SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

This bill changes how Medicare pays for certain outpatient services provided by off-campus hospital departments. It allows these services to be paid under the hospital outpatient payment system (instead of physician fees) if the previous year's total Medicare payments for that physician specialty were under $2 million. It directly affects hospitals with off-campus outpatient departments offering services in specialties with low physician payment volumes. The change applies to services furnished starting in 2024, aiming to stabilize payments for these specific outpatient services.
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Feb 2023
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Introduced Feb 9, 2023 Last action Dec 17, 2024
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Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Feb 17, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Feb 17, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
lower
Feb 9, 2023
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
Feb 9, 2023
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lower
1 primary · 21 co-sponsors

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