To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.

HB 3229 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories

US Congress 114th Congress

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.
HB-3229


About HB-3229

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories. (A competitive bidding program has replaced the use of established fee schedule amounts to determine payments under Medicare for certain durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs.)

  

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Introduced 07/30/2015

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Referred To The Subcommittee On Health.

08/05/2015

Referred To The Subcommittee On Health.

07/31/2015

Introduced In House

07/27/2015

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.

07/27/2015

Referred To House Energy And Commerce

07/27/2015

Referred To House Ways And Means

07/27/2015