Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002

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

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 25 July 2002 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 July 2002

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 July 2002

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 25 July 2002

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Sponsors

• Pete Sessions · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] · D · Cosponsor
• MIKE DOYLE · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• GENE GREEN · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records

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