HR 4838 · 116th Congress · Health

SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

Introduced 2019-10-23· Sponsored by Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2019-10-26)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act This bill allows for payment under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services of certain items and services that are furnished at off-campus outpatient departments. Specifically, the bill allows for payment of items and services for which payments to physician specialists (under the Medicare physician fee schedule) did not exceed $2 million during the previous year.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (20)

17 Democrats3 Republicans