United States · Bill · S
S. 2051 (101st)
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for more flexible billing arrangements in situations where physicians in the solo practice of medicine or in another group practice have arrangements with colleagues to "cover" their practice on an occasional basis.
Introduced
1 February 1990
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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3 January 2025
Summary
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit the reimbursement of a patient's regular physician for services provided to such patient by another physician who occasionally covers for the regular physician.
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2 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 1 February 1990
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/2051
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/s/2051