Public Law 110-54
110TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
1ST SESSION
An Act
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty
as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO 60-DAY LIMIT ON MEDICARE RECIPROCAL BILLING ARRANGEMENTS IN CASE OF PHYSICIANS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMED FORCES. Edit
- (a) In General.—
- Section 1842(b)(6)(D)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting after ``of more than 60 days” the following:
- ``or are provided (before January 1, 2008) over a longer continuous period during all of which the first physician has been called or ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces”.
- Section 1842(b)(6)(D)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting after ``of more than 60 days” the following:
- (b) Effective Date.—
- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this section.
Approved August 3, 2007.
Legislative History Edit
- H.R. 2429
- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 153 (2007):
- May 23, considered and passed House.
- July 24, considered and passed Senate.