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SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
October 23, 2019
Latest Action
October 26, 2019
Primary Sponsor
James P. McGovernDemocratic(MA)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
63pct
3d open
vs 9,062 other HR bills in the 116th — cohort avg 39d
SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act This bill allows for payment under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services of certain items and services that are furnished at off-campus outpatient departments. Specifically, the bill allows for payment of items and services for which payments to physician specialists (under the Medicare physician fee schedule) did not exceed $2 million during the previous year.
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R 856 - Physicians Pro Bono Care Act - charitable deduction for pro-bono health services H.R. 3796 - Health Savings for Seniors Act - This bill permits a Medicare beneficiary to participate in and contribute to health savings accounts. S. 1227 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 - Thisbill requiresthe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to report about anticompetitive practicesand other trendswithin the pharmaceuticalsupply chain that may impact the cost of prescriptionsdrugs. H.R. 5198 - Patients' Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2019 - Creates FDA approved standard method of sharing consumer information. S. 2441 - Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2019 - Thisbill permitsindividualswho are not enrolled in a high deductible health plan to participate in healthsavingsaccounts. S. 2440 - Qualified Health Savings Account Distribution Act of 2019 - This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the requirements for tax-preferred health accounts, to modify the rules for using a conversion or termination of a flexible spending account or a health reimbursement arrangement to establish a health savings account. H.R. 603 - Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2019 - This bill modifies the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to: increase the maximum contribution amounts, permit the use of HSAs to pay health insurance premiums and for direct primary care service arrangements, repeal the restriction on using HSAs for over-the-counter medications, eliminate the requirement that a participant in an HSA be enrolled in a high deductible health care plan, and decrease the additional tax for HSA distributions not used for qualified medical expenses. H.R. 5596, S. 3112 - Personalized Care Act of 2020 - This bill revises provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs) H.R. 5566 - Patient Fairness Act of 2020 - This bill revises requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) H.R. 5076 - Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2019 - Seeks to eliminate out-of-pocket expenses for everyone covered by Medicare and spares seniors the decision to delay or not seek vaccines due to their share of the cost. S. 3537 - Protecting Our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act of 2020 - Requires Health and Human Services to maintain a list of the country of origin of all drugs marketed in the United States. S. 3432 - Securing America's Medicine Cabinet Act of 2020 - This bipartisan legislation would reduce American reliance on foreign manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). H.R. 6286 - Health Savings Act of 2020 - This bill revises requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) H.R. 6336 - Increasing Hospital Capacity to Fight the Coronavirus Act of 2020 - This bill allows unapproved capital expenses that are made by health care facilities during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to be included in federal payment determinations under Medicare and Medicaid. H.R. 3502 - Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act - This bill makes a series of changes relating to health care costs and billing practices. S. 2543 - Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 - Seeks to lower drug costs by establishing rebate programs for brandname drugs and biologics used for Part B and Part D with prices that increase faster than the rate of inflation. H.R.6663 - Truth in Healthcare Marketing - Strives to reduce confusion over professional licensure, education level, training, degrees obtained, and clinical expertise and makes it unlawful for providers to misrepresent these credentials. H.R. 6813, S. 3703 - Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act - Works toward providing this protection by requiring the development of training materials for anyone who responds, investigates, or prosecutes cases of elder abuse involving seniors afflicted with dementias H.R. 7233, S. 4216 - Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent (KEEP) Telehealth Options Act - The expansion of telehealth would provide a convenient, cost-effective tool that complements traditional in-office medical visits. S. 4106 - Healthcare PRICE Transparency Act - Codifies two healthcare price transparency rules requiring hospitals and insurers to disclose their discounted cash rates and negotiated rates to consumers before they receive medical care. S. 3993 - Equal Access to Care Act - Expands access to telemedicine during the coronavirus emergency by allowing licensed health care providers to treat patients over the phone and online wherever the patient is located. H.R. 6930 - Manufacturing API, Drugs, and Excipients (MADE) in America Act - Addresses our drug supply chains dependence on foreign countries like China and works to mitigate drug shortages while incentivizing the domestic manufacturing of drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), personal protective equipment (PPE), and diagnostics. S. 4134 - Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act - TheIncreasing Access to Biosimilars Actwould direct the Department of Health and Human Services to create a shared savings demonstration program for biosimilar drugs in the Medicare program, which will help increase competition and expand access to biosimilars. H.R. 7008 - Family Savings Flexibility Act - This bill (1) increases to $2,750 the maximum amount of unused benefits or contributions remaining in a health flexible or dependent care spending arrangement that may be carried over from the 2020 to the 2021 plan year, (2) increases the maximum contribution amount for health savings accounts, and (3) increases the exclusion from employee gross income of employer-paid dependent care assistance. S. 3872 - Promising Pathway Act - Requires the US Food and Drug Administration to establish a rolling, real-time, priority review pathway to evaluate provisional approval applications for drugs intended to treat, prevent, or diagnose serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions, including those that pose a threat of epidemic or pandemic. S. 4185 - End Surprise Medical Bills for Air Ambulances Act of 2020 - A bill to establish an independent dispute resolution process for surprise air ambulance bills, and for other purposes. S. 4198 - Affordable Coronavirus Testing Act - This bill requires health insurance plans to cover through 2021 without cost sharing COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) serology testing, which looks for the presence of antibodies made in response to an infection. S. 4158 - PPE Supply Chain Transparency Act of 2020 - This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue, within 90 days, a public report on the security and resilience of the supply chain for personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. S. 4151 & H.R. 4838 - The Sustaining Outpatient Services (SOS) Act - Prevents certain off-campus hospital outpatient services from receiving significant Medicare reimbursement cuts. S. 4367 and H.R. 8032 - Health Savings Accounts for All Act - Qualified medical expenses would include expenses incurred during the prior or current tax year before establishing the HSA and fees paid for personal patient care. H.R.5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act - Recognizes the important work done by CMMI and incorporates protections into the processes including, limiting the scope of models to only the size needed to realize a statistically valid sample; encouraging feedback from beneficiaries in developing CMMI models; and limiting the testing of new payment and delivery models to five years to shield beneficiaries from being subjected to potentially harmful models. H.R. 5741 also provides for key Congressional oversight for CMMI demonstrations that will improve transparency and patient safety. S. 4866 - updating standards for oversight of nursing homes S. 4796 & H.R. 7617 - proposing free market reforms to healthcare S. 4367 and H.R. 8032 - Expansion of health savings accounts.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
Introduced in House
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Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Seeking support for legislation (HR 4838, S 4151) that would exempt pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation from site of service restrictions imposed by Section 603 of 2015 Budget Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Ban Surprise Billing Act (H.R. 5800) The Clinical Treatment Act (H.R. 913 / S. 4742) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133) Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 (H.R. 5826) Dependent Income Exclusion Act of 2019 (H.R.4417/S.2497) Educating Consumers on the Risks of Short-Term Plans Act of 2019 (H.R.1143) ENROLL Act of 2019 (H.R.1386/S.1905) Family Coverage Act (S.1935) HEARTS Act of 2020 (H.R. 6166) The Heroes Act (H.R. 6800) Home Visiting to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Act (H.R.4768) Lower Health Care Costs Act (S.1895) Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2020 (HR 4995) Marketing & Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act (MORE) (H.R.987) No Surprises Act (H.R.3630) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1425) Personal Health Investment Today Act (PHIT) (S.680/H.R.1679) Physical Activity Recommendations (PAR) for Americans Act (S.1608/H.R.2891) Pre-existing Conditions Protection Act of 2019 (H.R.692) Protect Act (S.1125) Protecting Access to Post COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2020 (H.R. 7663) Protecting Americans with Pre-existing Conditions Act of 2019 (H.R.986) Public Health Funding Restoration Act (S.1944/H.R.3447) Quit Because of COVID-19 Act (H.R. 7286) A Resolution Supporting the Designation of April 2019 as "National Donate Life Month"(H.Res 315/S.Res 162) State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges Act (SAVE Act) (H.R.1385) States Achieve Medicaid Expansion (S.585) State Health Care Premium Reduction Act (H.R.1425) Stopping The Outrageous Practice of Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019 (S.1531) Sustaining Outpatient Services Act (H.R. 4838/S.4151) Implementation of: Menu Labeling Physical Activity Guidelines Recommendations Prevention and Public Health Fund (PL 111-148, Sec 4002)
Client expense: $125,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R 856 - Physicians Pro Bono Care Act - charitable deduction for pro-bono health services H.R. 3796 - Health Savings for Seniors Act - This bill permits a Medicare beneficiary to participate in and contribute to health savings accounts. S. 1227 - Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 - Thisbill requiresthe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to report about anticompetitive practicesand other trendswithin the pharmaceuticalsupply chain that may impact the cost of prescriptionsdrugs. H.R. 5198 - Patients' Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2019 - Creates FDA approved standard method of sharing consumer information. S. 2441 - Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2019 - Thisbill permitsindividualswho are not enrolled in a high deductible health plan to participate in healthsavingsaccounts. S. 2440 - Qualified Health Savings Account Distribution Act of 2019 - This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the requirements for tax-preferred health accounts, to modify the rules for using a conversion or termination of a flexible spending account or a health reimbursement arrangement to establish a health savings account. H.R. 603 - Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2019 - This bill modifies the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to: increase the maximum contribution amounts, permit the use of HSAs to pay health insurance premiums and for direct primary care service arrangements, repeal the restriction on using HSAs for over-the-counter medications, eliminate the requirement that a participant in an HSA be enrolled in a high deductible health care plan, and decrease the additional tax for HSA distributions not used for qualified medical expenses. H.R. 5596, S. 3112 - Personalized Care Act of 2020 - This bill revises provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs) H.R. 5566 - Patient Fairness Act of 2020 - This bill revises requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) H.R. 5076 - Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2019 - Seeks to eliminate out-of-pocket expenses for everyone covered by Medicare and spares seniors the decision to delay or not seek vaccines due to their share of the cost. S. 3537 - Protecting Our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act of 2020 - Requires Health and Human Services to maintain a list of the country of origin of all drugs marketed in the United States. S. 3432 - Securing America's Medicine Cabinet Act of 2020 - This bipartisan legislation would reduce American reliance on foreign manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). H.R. 6286 - Health Savings Act of 2020 - This bill revises requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) H.R. 6336 - Increasing Hospital Capacity to Fight the Coronavirus Act of 2020 - This bill allows unapproved capital expenses that are made by health care facilities during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to be included in federal payment determinations under Medicare and Medicaid. H.R. 3502 - Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act - This bill makes a series of changes relating to health care costs and billing practices. S. 2543 - Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 - Seeks to lower drug costs by establishing rebate programs for brandname drugs and biologics used for Part B and Part D with prices that increase faster than the rate of inflation. H.R.6663 - Truth in Healthcare Marketing - Strives to reduce confusion over professional licensure, education level, training, degrees obtained, and clinical expertise and makes it unlawful for providers to misrepresent these credentials. H.R. 6813, S. 3703 - Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act - Works toward providing this protection by requiring the development of training materials for anyone who responds, investigates, or prosecutes cases of elder abuse involving seniors afflicted with dementias H.R. 7233, S. 4216 - Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent (KEEP) Telehealth Options Act - The expansion of telehealth would provide a convenient, cost-effective tool that complements traditional in-office medical visits. S. 4106 - Healthcare PRICE Transparency Act - Codifies two healthcare price transparency rules requiring hospitals and insurers to disclose their discounted cash rates and negotiated rates to consumers before they receive medical care. S. 3993 - Equal Access to Care Act - Expands access to telemedicine during the coronavirus emergency by allowing licensed health care providers to treat patients over the phone and online wherever the patient is located. H.R. 6930 - Manufacturing API, Drugs, and Excipients (MADE) in America Act - Addresses our drug supply chains dependence on foreign countries like China and works to mitigate drug shortages while incentivizing the domestic manufacturing of drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), personal protective equipment (PPE), and diagnostics. S. 4134 - Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act - TheIncreasing Access to Biosimilars Actwould direct the Department of Health and Human Services to create a shared savings demonstration program for biosimilar drugs in the Medicare program, which will help increase competition and expand access to biosimilars. H.R. 7008 - Family Savings Flexibility Act - This bill (1) increases to $2,750 the maximum amount of unused benefits or contributions remaining in a health flexible or dependent care spending arrangement that may be carried over from the 2020 to the 2021 plan year, (2) increases the maximum contribution amount for health savings accounts, and (3) increases the exclusion from employee gross income of employer-paid dependent care assistance. S. 3872 - Promising Pathway Act - Requires the US Food and Drug Administration to establish a rolling, real-time, priority review pathway to evaluate provisional approval applications for drugs intended to treat, prevent, or diagnose serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions, including those that pose a threat of epidemic or pandemic. S. 4185 - End Surprise Medical Bills for Air Ambulances Act of 2020 - A bill to establish an independent dispute resolution process for surprise air ambulance bills, and for other purposes. S. 4198 - Affordable Coronavirus Testing Act - This bill requires health insurance plans to cover through 2021 without cost sharing COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) serology testing, which looks for the presence of antibodies made in response to an infection. S. 4158 - PPE Supply Chain Transparency Act of 2020 - This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue, within 90 days, a public report on the security and resilience of the supply chain for personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. S. 4151 & H.R. 4838 - The Sustaining Outpatient Services (SOS) Act - Prevents certain off-campus hospital outpatient services from receiving significant Medicare reimbursement cuts. S. 4367 and H.R. 8032 - Health Savings Accounts for All Act - Qualified medical expenses would include expenses incurred during the prior or current tax year before establishing the HSA and fees paid for personal patient care. H.R.5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act - Recognizes the important work done by CMMI and incorporates protections into the processes including, limiting the scope of models to only the size needed to realize a statistically valid sample; encouraging feedback from beneficiaries in developing CMMI models; and limiting the testing of new payment and delivery models to five years to shield beneficiaries from being subjected to potentially harmful models. H.R. 5741 also provides for key Congressional oversight for CMMI demonstrations that will improve transparency and patient safety.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Seeking support for legislation (HR 4838, S 4151) that would exempt pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation from site of service restrictions imposed by Section 603 of 2015 Budget Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Ban Surprise Billing Act (H.R. 5800) Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 (H.R. 5826) Dependent Income Exclusion Act of 2019 (H.R.4417/S.2497) Educating Consumers on the Risks of Short-Term Plans Act of 2019 (H.R.1143) ENROLL Act of 2019 (H.R.1386/S.1905) Family Coverage Act (S.1935) HEARTS Act of 2020 (H.R. 6166) The Heroes Act (H.R. 6800) Home Visiting to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Act (H.R.4768) Lower Health Care Costs Act (S.1895) Marketing & Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act (MORE) (H.R.987) No Surprises Act (H.R.3630) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1425) Personal Health Investment Today Act (PHIT) (S.680/H.R.1679) Physical Activity Recommendations (PAR) for Americans Act (S.1608/H.R.2891) Pre-existing Conditions Protection Act of 2019 (H.R.692) Protect Act (S.1125) Protecting Access to Post COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2020 (H.R. 7663) Protecting Americans with Pre-existing Conditions Act of 2019 (H.R.986) Public Health Funding Restoration Act (S.1944/H.R.3447) Quit Because of COVID-19 Act (H.R. 7286) A Resolution Supporting the Designation of April 2019 as "National Donate Life Month"(H.Res 315/S.Res 162) South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2019 (H.R.3131) State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges Act (SAVE Act) (H.R.1385) States Achieve Medicaid Expansion (S.585) State Health Care Premium Reduction Act (H.R.1425) Stopping The Outrageous Practice of Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019 (S.1531) Sustaining Outpatient Services Act (H.R. 4838/S.4151) Implementation of: Menu Labeling Physical Activity Guidelines Recommendations Prevention and Public Health Fund (PL 111-148, Sec 4002)
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Seeking support for legislation (HR 4838, S 4151) that would exempt pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation from site of service restrictions imposed by Section 603 of 2015 Budget Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Seeking support for legislation (HR 4838) that would exempt pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation from site of service restrictions imposed by Section 603 of 2015 Budget Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Seeking support for legislation (HR 4838) that would exempt pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation from site of service restrictions imposed by Section 603 of 2015 Budget Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
| Democratic |
| NM |
| Don Bacon | Republican | NE |
| Filemon Vela | Democratic | TX |
| Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Democratic | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | Democratic | CA |
| Greg Stanton | Democratic | AZ |
| Harley Rouda | Democratic | CA |
| Henry Cuellar | Democratic | TX |
| Jeff Fortenberry | Republican | NE |
| Joyce Beatty | Democratic | OH |
| Katie Porter | Democratic | CA |
| Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Democratic | GU |
| Peter Welch | Democratic | VT |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | Democratic | AZ |
| Ruben Gallego | Democratic | AZ |
| Stephanie N. Murphy | Democratic | FL |
| Stephen F. Lynch | Democratic | MA |
| Susan A. Davis | Democratic | CA |
| TJ Cox | Democratic | CA |
| Tom O’Halleran | Democratic | AZ |
| Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | CA |
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office