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S.Con.Res. 15 (100th)

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that no major change in the payment methodology for physicians' services, including services furnished to hospital inpatients, under the Medicare Program should be made until reports required by the 99th Congress have been received and evaluated.

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Introduced

5 February 1987

Last action

5 February 1987 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL], Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY], Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE], Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE], Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY], Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT], Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD], Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV], Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY], Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT], Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE], Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA], Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC], Sen. Stennis, John C. [D-MS], Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN], Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Karnes, David K. [R-NE], Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN], Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN], Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL], Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]

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14 January 2025

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Summary

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) no Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) physician payment methodology should be implemented which is based on hospital discharge classifications or requires mandatory assignment; and (2) no drastic change in the Medicare physician payment methodology should be undertaken without the receipt of reports required by legislation enacted in the 99th Congress and a detailed analysis of the long-range impact of such change on the provision of health care.

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Timeline

  1. 5 February 1987

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 5 February 1987

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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