S 3908 — SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

Summary

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.

Bill Text

• Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html February 25, 2026

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The bill allows Medicare payments for certain items and services provided by off-campus outpatient departments to be determined under a prospective payment system.

• 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(1)(B)

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• 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(1)(B)

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• 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(1)(B)

  includes, with respect to a year (beginning with 2027), any item or service-- (I) that is furnished during such year by an off-campus outpatient department of a provider (as defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (21)); and (II) with respect to which the greatest total amount paid with respect to a physician specialty under the physician fee schedule under section 1848 for all such items or services furnished by physicians in such specialty during the previous year was less than $2,000,000.

  This addition provides new criteria for including certain services in the Medicare payment system.

Action History

1. February 25, 2026

   Introduced in Senate

2. February 25, 2026

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

• Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor
• John Hoeven · Primary

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