H.R. 6459: To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates.

H.R. 6459: To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates.

111th Congress · introduced 2010-11-30 · Health · Latest: Referred to House Ways and Means

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-11-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates.

Plain summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for determining the relative value of physicians' services for fee payment purposes. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for a 4-year transition applicable in the case of codes (for services) for which: (1) a single code is used for payment for services for which multiple codes were previously used; and (2) a change in relative value units results in a reduction in such units of 10% or more. Applies this 4-year transition to the number of percentage points of the reduction in excess of 10%.

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To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year transition in reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physician practice time to adjust to new payment rates.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] · 6 cosponsors

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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr6459.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr6459 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111