,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjad,mr4 ,mc,dermott introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to modify the
 ,medicare durable medical equipment    
face-to-face encounter documentation    
requirement4  #a4 ,modifying ,medicare  
durable medical equipment face-to-face  
encounter documentation requirement     
,section #ahcd7;a77#aa77;,b77ii7 of the 
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciem7a77#aa77;,b77ii77 is amended--   
7#a7 by striking the physician          
documenting that2 and  7#b7 by striking 
has had a face-to-face encounter and    

inserting documenting such physician1   
physician assistant1 practitioner1 or   
specialist has had a face-to-face       
encounter4