,v  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjai,ms4 ,brownley of ,california      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,for the relief  
of ,robert ,feiss4  #a4 ,payment ,the   
,secretary of the ,treasury shall pay1  
out of any money in the ,treasury not   
otherwise appropriated1 the sum of      
#ci1gji4ff to ,robert ,feiss of ,ojai1  
,california1 in compensation for        
payments he was entitled to but did not 
receive for years #bjaa through #bjac   
under the ,primary ,care ,incentive     
,payment ,program established under     
section #ahcc7x7 of the ,social         
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciel7x77
 and in consideration of the fact--     
7#a7 that ,robert ,feiss has served as  
an outspoken advocate for the health    
care needs of his patients through his  
work as a primary care physician2 and   
7#b7 that1 on ,may #cj1 #bjah1 the      

,united ,states ,court of ,federal      
,claims found that ,it appears that1    
through no fault of his own1 plaintiff  
has lost over #ci1jjj in government     
,medicare incentive payments that he was
 entitled to by providing ,family       
,practice services and that the evidence
 strongly supports plaintiff's argument 
that he was providing ,family ,practice 
services and should have been classified
 as such1 but a coding error denied     
plaintiff this status for several years4
  #b4 ,satisfaction of claim ,the sum   
paid under section #a shall be in full  
satisfaction of any claims that ,robert 
,feiss may have against the ,united     
,states arising on the basis of payments
 owed for years #bjaa through #bjac     
under the ,primary ,care ,incentive     
,payment ,program described in section  
#a7a77;,b74  #c4 ,limitation on attorney
 fees ,not more than #aj percent of the 
sum paid under section #a shall be paid 
to or received by any agent or attorney 
for services rendered in connection with

 the recovery of such sum4 ,any person  
who violates this section shall be fined
 under title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4