US HB4371 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

US Congress House Bill 4371 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 16 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-12-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize continued use of 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with an independent entity to study and report to Congress on the practice expense methodology used to determine relative value units under this Act to determine whether the cost finding, indirect cost allocation, scaling, and budget neutrality methodologies used: (1) are consistent with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) distribute the burden of any necessary budget neutrality adjustments proportionally among all physicians' services; and (3) result in allowances that accurately reflect the relative direct and indirect resources involved in the provision of various physicians' services.

Title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services.

Sponsors

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. John Adler [D-NJ]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]
Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Marion Berry [D-AR]	Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]
Rep. Allen Boyd [D-FL]	Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]	Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite [R-FL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE]	Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]
Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Rep. Chet Edwards [D-TX]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Baron Hill [D-IN]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL]	Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D-FL]	Rep. Frank Kratovil [D-MD]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Christopher Lee [R-NY]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Scott Murphy [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Adam Putnam [R-FL]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Schauer [D-MI]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS]
Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-12-19		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-12-18		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-12-16		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-12-16		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-12-16		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.