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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.
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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.
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Would cap Medicare coinsurance for certain ambulatory surgical center services at the inpatient hospital deductible.
Applies to services furnished in ambulatory surgical centers under Medicare.
If coinsurance exceeds the inpatient deductible, it would be reduced to that deductible.
CMS would pay the provider the difference between original coinsurance and deductible.
The official source does not state whether the bill has become law.
If enacted, the change could lower out-of-pocket coinsurance costs for Medicare patients receiving ASC services, while shifting the payment difference to CMS to pay providers.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, ambulatory surgical center providers, and Medicare patients receiving ASC services.
The official source does not say where the bill is in Congress or whether it has been enacted.
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