Introduced in Senate
SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLETrack this section →
This Act may be cited as the SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act.
SEC. 2. ALLOWING MEDICARE PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN ITEMS AND SERVICES FURNISHED BY OFF-CAMPUS OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF A PROVIDER TO BE DETERMINED UNDER THE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT SERVICESTrack this section →
Section 1833(t)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(1)(B)) is amended— (1) in clause (iv), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (v)— (A) by inserting before does not include the following: subject to clause (vi),; and (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (vi) includes, with respect to a year (beginning with 2027), any item or service— (I) that is furnished during such year by an off-campus outpatient department of a provider (as defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (21)); and (II) with respect to which the greatest total amount paid with respect to a physician specialty under the physician fee schedule under section 1848 for all such items or services furnished by physicians in such specialty during the previous year was less than $2,000,000..