Congress 107 - HR 5450 - Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2002

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Administrative procedure Ambulatory care Cancer Case mix (Medical care) Chemotherapy Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Drug therapy Drugs Government consultants Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health Law Legislation Medical fees Medicare Pharmacies Prospective payment systems (Medical care) Social Welfare

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Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services and: (1) duration of the period for which transitional, pass-through payments are made for drugs and biologicals; (2) ambulatory payment classifications for drugs and biologicals after the period of transitional pass-through payments; and (3) elimination of the limit on reductions for transitional, pass-through payments for drugs and biologicals.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on pharmacy services used to provide cancer drug therapies in hospital outpatient departments.

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Oct 8, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 24, 2002

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.
Sep 24, 2002

Introduced in House

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