United States · Bill · S
S. 1953 (107th)
Physician Wage Fairness Act of 2001
Introduced
14 February 2002
Last action
14 February 2002 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Susan Collins, Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
19 August 2025
Summary
Physician Wage Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor from the geographic indices used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule.
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Timeline
14 February 2002
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
14 February 2002
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S860-862)
Source: IntroReferral
14 February 2002
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 14 February 2002 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 February 2002
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 February 2002
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 14 February 2002
Sponsors
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1953
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1953
- us · 107-s-1953 · source updated 19 August 2025