A bill to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from requiring certain physician certifications relating to inpatient hospital services, and to allow physicians to charge medicare beneficiaries without regard to the fee freeze if the patient chooses to pay the physician from private sources.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from requiring, as a condition of payment for inpatient hospital services, that a physician make a certification with respect to the accuracy of the hospital services, or with respect to the necessity of such services. Exempts nonparticipating physicians, from sanctions for overcharging if payment for the services involved was neither made nor requested under Medicare.…