H.R.6147 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare Program.

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  • Official: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare Program. as introduced.

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9/16/2010--Introduced.Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat as a physician, for Medicare purposes, a clinical psychologist acting within the scope of a psychologist's license (or other state law authorization), but only with respect to the furnishing of cli
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9/16/2010--Introduced.Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat as a physician, for Medicare purposes, a clinical psychologist acting within the scope of a psychologist's license (or other state law authorization), but only with respect to the furnishing of clinical psychologists services which the psychologist is legally authorized to perform by the state.

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09/21/10
Division 20 News: INFO: Action Alert! Legislation Introduced to ...

Action by Psychologists: Before October 7 call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-225-3121 and urge your Representative to cosponsor HR 6147 Grassroots feedback is extremely important to our advocacy efforts, so we would very much ...

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09/19/10
Legislation Introduced To Include Psychologists In Medicare ...

In an exciting development for psychology, I am pleased to report that Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) has introduced legislation (HR 6147 to include psychologists in the Medicare “physician” definition.

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09/15/10
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