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H.R. 5234 (107th)

Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

25 July 2002

Last action

29 July 2002 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17], Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-12], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6], Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3], Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]

Subjects

Healthcare, Budget

Source updated

19 August 2025

Healthcare · Budget

Summary

Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the Medicare hospital outpatient department (OPD) prospective payment system with regard to: (1) fee schedule amounts for clinic and emergency visits; (2) transitional pass-through for additional costs of innovative medical devices, drugs, and biologicals; (3) OPD fee schedule increase factor; (4) budget neutrality adjustment under requirements for periodic review and adjustments components of the prospective payment system; (4) outlier payments; (5) transitional adjustment to limit decline in payment; and (6) the requirement to increase relative payment weights in certain circumstances. Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to provide for permanent extension of provider-based status for any facility or organization that is treated as provider-based in relation to a hospital or critical access hospital under Medicare as of October 1, 2000.

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Timeline

  1. 25 July 2002

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 25 July 2002

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 25 July 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 25 July 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 29 July 2002

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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  • Introduced in House (text)

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