A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore financial stability to Medicare anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians

2007·0.15 MB·English

by  United States. Congress. Senate

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ToamendtitleX\1IIoftheSocialSecurityActtorestorefinancialstability
toMedicareanesthesiology'teachingprogi-amsforresidentphysicians.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September17,2007
Mr.Rockefeller(forhimself,Mr.K-i-L,Mrs.McCasktll,Mr.Vitter,Ms.
Snowte, Mr. COBURN, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Inhope,'Mr.
Coleman,Mr.Cornyn.Mr.Martinez,Mr.Hagel,Mr.Cochr.\n,and
Mr. LOTT) introduced the followingbill;whichwasreadtwiceandi-e-
ferredtotheCommitteeonFinance
A
BILL
To amend title XVIU ofthe Social SecurityAct to restore
financial stability to Medicare anesthesiology^ teaching'
programsforresidentphysicians.
1 BeitenactedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresenta-
2 tivesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled,
3 SECTION1.SHORTTITLE.
4 This Act maybe cited as the "Medicare xlnesthesi-
5 ologyTeachingFundingRestorationActof2007".
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1 SEC.2.SPECIALPAYMENTRULEFORTEACHINGANESTHE-
2 BIOLOGISTS.
3 Section1848(a)oftheSocialSecurityAct(42U.S.C.
4 1395w-4(a))isamended
5 (1)inparagraph (4)(A),byinserting"exceptas
6 pro\ided in paragraph (5)," after "anesthesia
7 cases,";and
8 (2) by adding at the end the follomng new
9 paragi-aph:
10 "(5) Special rule for teaching anesthe-
11 SIOLOGISTS. With respect to physicians' senices
12 furnished on or after Januar\^ 1, 2008, in the case
13 ofteachinganesthesiologists involvedinthetraining
14 ofphysician residents in a single anesthesia case or
15 two concurrent anesthesia eases, the fee schedule
16 amounttobeappliedshallbe 100percentofthefee
17 scheduleamountotherwiseapphcableunderthissec-
18 tion if the anesthesia senices were personally per-
19 formed by the teaching anesthesiologist alone and
20 paragraph(4) shallnotapplyif
21 "(A) the teaching anesthesiologist is
22 presentduringall criticalorkeyportionsofthe
23 anesthesiaserviceorprocedureinvolved; and
24 "(B) the teaching anesthesiologist (or an-
25 other anesthesiologist ^^^th whom the teaching
26 anesthesiologist has entered into an arrange-
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