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.
Summary
This law allows military reservists who are also physicians to maintain their medical practices more easily while deployed on active duty. Under previous Medicare rules, a physician could only hire a substitute doctor to see their patients for a maximum of 60 days under a "reciprocal billing" arrangement. This legislation removes that 60-day time limit for the duration of a physician’s military service, ensuring that patients can continue receiving uninterrupted care at their regular doctor's office while their physician is serving in the Armed Forces.
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