S. 3908 explained  ·  119th Congress  ·  Pending in Congress

SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

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Cosponsors: 1 (1 D, 0 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-09

Introduced: 2026-02-25

Latest action (2026-02-25): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

What S. 3908 does, in plain terms

SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act This bill allows for payment under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services of certain items and services that are furnished at off-campus outpatient departments. Specifically, the bill allows for payment of items and services for which payments to physician specialists (under the Medicare physician fee schedule) did not exceed $2 million during the previous year.

Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.

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