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H.R. 4169 (115th)

Protecting Seniors Access to Proper Care Act of 2017

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Introduced

31 October 2017

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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11 August 2025

Summary

Protecting Seniors Access to Proper Care Act of 2017 This bill allows an authorized physician or practitioner who is not enrolled as a Medicare provider to, under certain circumstances, prescribe covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Specifically, the bill applies to a physician or practitioner, other than a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, who: (1) is not otherwise barred or excluded from participating in Medicare, and (2) prescribes a low-volume of billings for such drugs.

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