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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 879 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase support for |
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| 6 | 6 | | physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY31, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | URPHY(for himself, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. JOYCEof Pennsylvania, Ms. |
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| 11 | 11 | | S |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHRIER, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. TENNEY, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. R |
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| 14 | 14 | | UIZ, Mrs. MILLERof West Virginia, Mr. BERA, Mr. VANDREW, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Mr. H |
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| 16 | 16 | | ARRISof Maryland, and Mr. MCCORMICK) introduced the following |
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| 17 | 17 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be sub- |
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| 19 | 19 | | sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of |
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| 20 | 20 | | such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 21 | 21 | | A BILL |
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| 22 | 22 | | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase |
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| 23 | 23 | | support for physicians and other practitioners in adjust- |
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| 24 | 24 | | ing to Medicare payment changes. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare Patient Ac-4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | cess and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | •HR 879 IH |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. INCREASING SUPPORT FOR PHYSICIANS AND 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | OTHER PRACTITIONERS IN ADJUSTING TO 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | MEDICARE PAYMENT CHANGES. 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | NGENERAL.—Section 1848(t) of the Social Se-4 |
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| 38 | 38 | | curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(t)) is amended— 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) in the header, by striking ‘‘2024’’ and in-6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | serting ‘‘2025’’; and 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) in paragraph (1)— 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (A), by striking ‘‘2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024’’ 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and inserting ‘‘2021 through 2025’’; 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘and’’ at the end; 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (D) by adding at the end the following new 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | subparagraph: 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(F) such services furnished on or after 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | April 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2026, by 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 6.62 percent.’’. 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (b) C |
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| 55 | 55 | | ONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 1848(c)(2)(B)(iv)(V) of the Social Security Act (42 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | U.S.C. 1395w–4(c)(2)(B)(iv)(V)) is amended by striking 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘any of years 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2021 through 2025’’. 25 |
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