What This Bill Does
This bill directs the Treasury Department to pay Robert Feiss $39,709.66 for payments he was supposed to receive but did not get from 2011 through 2013 under a Medicare program. The bill makes this payment based on a 2018 court finding that a coding error prevented him from receiving these payments he was entitled to.
Who It Affects
Robert Feiss of Ojai, California, a primary care physician and the Treasury Department.
Key Provisions
• The Secretary of the Treasury must pay Robert Feiss $39,709.66 from available Treasury money for missed payments under the Primary Care Incentive Payment Program from 2011 through 2013 (Sec. 1).
• This payment is considered the complete and final settlement of any claims Robert Feiss may have against the United States related to these missed payments from 2011 through 2013 (Sec. 2).
• No more than 10 percent of the payment can go to lawyers or agents for their work in recovering this money, and anyone breaking this rule faces a fine (Sec. 3).
What Changes
If this bill becomes law, Robert Feiss receives $39,709.66 from the federal government and gives up any future legal claims against the United States related to these specific missed payments.
Important Definitions
None defined in the bill text.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 586
For the relief of Robert Feiss.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 2023
Ms. BROWNLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Robert Feiss.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. PAYMENT.
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The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any
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money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
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sum of $39,709.66 to Robert Feiss of Ojai, California, in
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compensation for payments he was entitled to but did not
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receive for years 2011 through 2013 under the Primary
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Care Incentive Payment Program established under sec-
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tion 1833(x) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
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1395l(x)) and in consideration of the fact—
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(1) that Robert Feiss has served as an out-
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spoken advocate for the health care needs of his pa-
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tients through his work as a primary care physician;
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and
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(2) that, on May 30, 2018, the United States
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Court of Federal Claims found that ‘‘It appears
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that, through no fault of his own, plaintiff has lost
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over $39,000 in government Medicare incentive pay-
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ments that he was entitled to by providing Family
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Practice services’’ and that ‘‘the evidence strongly
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supports plaintiff’s argument that he was providing
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Family Practice services and should have been clas-
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sified as such, but a coding error denied plaintiff
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this status for several years’’.
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SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.
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The sum paid under section 1 shall be in full satisfac-
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tion of any claims that Robert Feiss may have against
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the United States arising on the basis of payments owed
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for years 2011 through 2013 under the Primary Care In-
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centive Payment Program described in section 1(1)(B).
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SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY FEES.
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Not more than 10 percent of the sum paid under sec-
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tion 1 shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney
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for services rendered in connection with the recovery of
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such sum. Any person who violates this section shall be
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fined under title 18, United States Code.
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