H.R. 3070102nd CongressHouse Bill

Medicare Physician Payment Reform Amendments of 1991

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Medicare Physician Payment Reform Amendments of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the transition rules for phasing in the resource-based relative value scale (RB RVS) method of payment for physician services to prohibit adjustments for asymmetry in the transition and for behavioral responses. Declares spending under this Act to be an emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and exempt from sequestration.

Introduced Jul 29, 1991
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Passed Senate
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Who introduced this

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Fortney Stark

Democrat

U.S. Representative · CA-9

Bipartisan — 327 cosponsors (229 D, 98 R, 1 I)

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