Sec. 21. Temporary floor on the practice expense geographic index for services furnished in rural areas outside of frontier States under the Medicare physician fee schedule
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Section 1848(e)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: For purposes of payment for services furnished in a rural area (other than a rural area located in a State to which subparagraph
(I)applies) on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, after calculating the practice expense index under subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary shall increase any such index to 1.0 if such index would otherwise be less than 1.0. The preceding sentence shall not be applied in a budget neutral manner. .