Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 2021
Latest action · Aug 23, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 20, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 20, 2021 to Feb 8, 2022, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Original | Aug 20, 2021 |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Original | Aug 20, 2021 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Aug 20, 2021 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Aug 20, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Feb 8, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 23, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Aug 20, 2021Introduced in House
- Aug 20, 2021Referred 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.
- Aug 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 20, 2021Introduced in House
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