Index for HR3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act
DIVISION B — MEDICARE AND MEDICAID IMPROVEMENTS.
TITLE I — IMPROVING HEALTH CARE VALUE.
SUBTITLE A — PROVISIONS RELATED TO MEDICARE PART A.
PART 2 — OTHER MEDICARE PART A PROVISIONS.
SEC 1114. — PERMITTING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO ORDER POST-HOSPITAL EXTENDED CARE SERVICES AND TO PROVIDE FOR RECOGNITION OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AS ATTENDING PHYSICIANS TO SERVE HOSPICE PATIENTS.
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Sec 1114. -- Permitting Physician Assistants To Order Post-Hospital Extended Care Services And To Provide For Recognition Of Attending Physician Assistants As Attending Physicians To Serve Hospice Patients.
SEC 1114. -- PERMITTING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO ORDER POST-HOSPITAL EXTENDED CARE SERVICES AND TO PROVIDE FOR RECOGNITION OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AS ATTENDING PHYSICIANS TO SERVE HOSPICE PATIENTS.
DIVISION B TITLE I SUBTITLE A PART 2 SEC 1114.
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HOSPITAL extended Care Services and providing for recognition of attending Physician Assistants as attending Physicians to serve hospice Patients ; Sec 1114 permitting Physician Assistants to Order Post-
Index of Sec 1114. ...Payment
Sec 1114. -- Permitting Physician Assistants To Order Post-Hospital Extended Care Services And To Provide For Recognition Of Attending Physician Assistants As Attending Physicians To Serve Hospice Patients.
(3) CONSTRUCTION.
DIVISION B TITLE I SUBTITLE A PART 2 SEC 1114. (b) (3)
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PAYMENT for services of physician assistants under part B of title XVIII of Act ; Nothing in amendments making by subsection to be construed as changing requirements of section 1842(b)(6)(c) of Social Security Act 42 USC 1395u(b)(6)(c) with respect to
Index of Sec 1114. ...Recognition
Sec 1114. -- Permitting Physician Assistants To Order Post-Hospital Extended Care Services And To Provide For Recognition Of Attending Physician Assistants As Attending Physicians To Serve Hospice Patients.
SEC 1114. -- PERMITTING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO ORDER POST-HOSPITAL EXTENDED CARE SERVICES AND TO PROVIDE FOR RECOGNITION OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AS ATTENDING PHYSICIANS TO SERVE HOSPICE PATIENTS.
DIVISION B TITLE I SUBTITLE A PART 2 SEC 1114.
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RECOGNITION of attending Physician Assistants as attending Physicians to serve hospice Patients ; Sec 1114 permitting Physician Assistants to Order Post-hospital extended Care Services and providing for
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Sec 1114. -- Permitting Physician Assistants To Order Post-Hospital Extended Care Services And To Provide For Recognition Of Attending Physician Assistants As Attending Physicians To Serve Hospice Patients.
(3) CONSTRUCTION.
DIVISION B TITLE I SUBTITLE A PART 2 SEC 1114. (b) (3)
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TITLE XVIII of Act ; Nothing in amendments making by subsection to be construed as changing requirements of section 1842(b)(6)(c) of Social Security Act 42 USC 1395u(b)(6)(c) with respect to payment for services of physician assistants under part B of
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1st Session |
To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.
Mr. Dingell (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Waxman, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Stark, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Andrews) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, 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
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 1114. Permitting physician assistants to order post-hospital extended care services and to provide for recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients.
(a) Ordering post-hospital extended care services.—Section 1814(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), is amended by striking “nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist” and inserting “nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, or a physician assistant”.
(2) in the second sentence, by striking “or clinical nurse specialist” and inserting “clinical nurse specialist, or physician assistant”.
(b) Recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1861(dd)(3)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd)(3)(B)) is amended—
(A) by striking “or nurse” and inserting “, the nurse”; and
(B) by inserting “or the physician assistant (as defined in such subsection),” after “subsection (aa)(5)),”.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1814(a)(7)(A)(i)(I) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(7)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by inserting “or a physician assistant” after “a nurse practitioner”.
(3) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the amendments made by this subsection shall be construed as changing the requirements of section 1842(b)(6)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(C)) with respect to payment for services of physician assistants under part B of title XVIII of such Act.
(c) Effective date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2010.
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