Amends Medicare to stabilize provider payments by adjusting budget neutrality and conversion factors.
Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program. It updates the budget neutrality threshold, limits year-to-year conversion factor variance, and mandates timely updates to direct costs used to calculate practice expense relative value units. The Secretary must consult with relevant stakeholders, including physician specialty societies, when making updates.
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