Medicare Physician Qualification Act of 1990

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Medicare Physician Qualification Act of 1990 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to condition Medicare payments for physician services on the physician: (1) having passed, during the year or during any of the previous seven years, a competency examination developed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or offered by specified medical organizations and approved by the Secretary; or (2) being licensed as a physician in a State with a physician licensure program that requires periodic relicensure and is approved by the Secretary. Prohibits a physician who does not meet such qualifications from furnishing a service to an individual prior to such individual's written agreement to pay for such service. Directs the Physician Payment Review Commission to conduct a study and report to the Congress on current methodologies of evaluating the competence of physicians.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 April 1990

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