1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2020”.
Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2020
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure appropriate global surgical package code values in the Medicare program.
2. Ensuring appropriate global surgical package code values in medicare
Section 1848(c)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(c)(8)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(D) Ensuring appropriate global surgical package code values—For services furnished on or after January 1, 2021, the Secretary shall ensure that the valuation of evaluation and management (E/M) post-operative visits is equal to the valuation of evaluation and management (E/M) services identified as of January 1, 2021, by HCPCS codes 99211–99215, 99217, 99224–99226, 99231–99233, 99238–99239, 99291–99292, and 99354–99357 (or any successor codes).”