ACCELERATED APPLICATION OF RELATIVE VALUE TARGETS FOR MISVALUED SERVICES IN THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE.

SEC. 202. ACCELERATED APPLICATION OF RELATIVE VALUE TARGETS FOR MISVALUED SERVICES IN THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE. Section 1848(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(c)) is amended—(1) in subclause (VIII) of paragraph (2)(B)(v), as added by section 220(d)(2) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93)—(A) by striking “2017” and inserting “2016”; and(B) by redesignating such subclause as subclause (IX);(2) in paragraph (2)(O)—(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “2017 through 2020” and inserting “2016 through 2018”;(B) in clause (iii), by striking “2017” and inserting “2016”; and(C) in clause (v), by inserting “(or, for 2016, 1.0 percent)” after “0.5 percent”; and(3) in paragraph (7), by striking “2017” and inserting “2016”.