Summary of Provisions in S. 3101, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, and in S. 3118, the Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicare.

Physicians.

Fees, Professional.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (47 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines legislation to avert the Medicare reduction in payments to physicians, which will otherwise occur by law beginning on July 1, 2008. Summarizes provisions of S. 3101, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008; and S. 3118, the Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008, both to freeze physicians fees at the current level until Jan. 2009, after which fees would increase by 1.1%, and then revert fees back to current law levels in 2010.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Summary of Provisions in S. 3101, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, and in S. 3118, the Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008

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