S.Amdt. 3163

SA 3163. Mr. SPECTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr.
Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal
employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 869, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

SEC. 3143. REVISION TO PAYMENT FOR CONSULTATION CODES.

(a) Temporary Delay of Elimination of Payment for
Consultation Codes.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not,
prior to January 1, 2011, implement any provision contained
in a final rule that eliminates or discontinues payment for
consultation codes under the physician fee schedule and part
B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
(b) Evaluation Period.--During the period prior to January
1, 2011, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
consult with the Current Procedural Terminology Editorial
Panel of the American Medical Association for the purpose of
developing proposals to--
(1) modify existing consultation codes or establish new
consultation codes to more accurately reflect the value
provided through such consultation services; and
(2) minimize coding errors.

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