H.R. 4838 · 116th Congress
SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jim McGovern
- Introduced
- 2019-10-23
- Latest action
- 2019-10-26 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
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.