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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
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
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 21 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adrian Smith
RRepublican
Co
Chrissy Houlahan
DDemocratic
Co
Daniel T. Kildee
DDemocratic
Co
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
Co
Donald G. Davis
DDemocratic
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Neguse
DDemocratic
Co
John Garamendi
DDemocratic
Co
Juan Vargas
DDemocratic
Co
Judy Chu
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Blunt Rochester
DDemocratic
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