S.Amdt. 1131
What it does: Adds SEC. __. USE OF DATA COLLECTED BY ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES IN DETERMINING PRACTICE EXPENSE RELATIVE VALUES at the end of subtitle B of title IV
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)What it changes
1 change to S. 1 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. __. USE OF DATA COLLECTED BY ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES IN DETERMINING PRACTICE EXPENSE RELATIVE VALUES at the end of subtitle B of title IV
Adds a sectionIn S. 1 · Reported to Senate
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a). The report shall include recommendations regarding the use of more current data in computing geographic cost of practice indices as well as the use of data directly representative of physicians' costs (rather than proxy measures of such costs).
Inserted: SEC. __. USE OF DATA COLLECTED BY ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES IN DETERMINING PRACTICE EXPENSE RELATIVE VALUES.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary shall revise the regulation promulgated under section 212 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1501A-350) so that, in determining the practice expense component under section 1848(c)(2)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(c)(2)(C)(ii)) for purposes of determining relative values for payment for physicians' services under the fee schedule under section 1848 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4), the Secretary recognizes all costs of clinical staff employed by cardio-thoracic surgeons (net of any reimbursements for staff for whom there is direct reimbursement under part B of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.)), regardless of the site at which such costs are incurred and notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation. For purposes of revising such regulation, the Secretary shall use validated data collected by organizations and entities (other than the Department of Health and Human Services) on all costs incurred by physicians, including data from the Socioeconomic Monitoring System of the American Medical Association and from supplemental surveys accepted by the Department of Health and Human Services as consistent with sound data practices prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
Inserted: (b) Effective Date.--The regulation revised under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to payments for physicians' services furnished on and after January 1, 2004.
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At the end of subtitle B of title IV, add the following:
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SA 1131. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the Medicare program and to strengthen and improve the Medicare program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title IV, add the following:
SEC. __. USE OF DATA COLLECTED BY ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES IN DETERMINING PRACTICE EXPENSE RELATIVE VALUES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall revise the regulation promulgated under section 212 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1501A-350) so that, in determining the practice expense component under section 1848(c)(2)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(c)(2)(C)(ii)) for purposes of determining relative values for payment for physicians' services under the fee schedule under section 1848 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4), the Secretary recognizes all costs of clinical staff employed by cardio-thoracic surgeons (net of any reimbursements for staff for whom there is direct reimbursement under part B of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.)), regardless of the site at which such costs are incurred and notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation. For purposes of revising such regulation, the Secretary shall use validated data collected by organizations and entities (other than the Department of Health and Human Services) on all costs incurred by physicians, including data from the Socioeconomic Monitoring System of the American Medical Association and from supplemental surveys accepted by the Department of Health and Human Services as consistent with sound data practices prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Effective Date.--The regulation revised under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to payments for physicians' services furnished on and after January 1, 2004.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 26, 2003