Providing Relief and Stability for Medicare Patients Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 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.
- IntroducedMay 25, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Providing Relief and Stability for Medicare Patients Act of 2023
This bill temporarily increases the payment rate under Medicare for certain office-based services that involve high-priced equipment.
Specifically, the bill increases the payment rate under the Medicare physician fee schedule for services provided in a nonfacility (i.e., office) setting for which most of the cost is attributable to equipment and supplies. The increase applies to services furnished in 2024 and 2025.
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on the correlation, if any, of payment rates for these services under the Medicare physician fee schedule and patient access to these services.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2023 to Mar 13, 2024; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | May 25, 2023 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | May 25, 2023 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | May 25, 2023 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Jun 9, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jul 24, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Jul 24, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jul 24, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Jul 27, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Aug 1, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 1, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Mar 13, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 25, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 26, 2023 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 25, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 26, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 25, 2023Introduced in House
- May 25, 2023Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 89, May 25, 2023, page H2639.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-781 | BOLSTERING CHRONIC CARE THROUGH MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT290 pages | Finance Committee | Apr 11, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the nonfacility practice expense relative value units for specified services furnished under the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Providing Relief and Stability for Medicare Patients Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 25, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
