STUDY OF AGGREGATION RULE FOR CLAIMS FOR SIMILAR PHYSICIANS’ SERVICES.

SEC. 4113. STUDY OF AGGREGATION RULE FOR CLAIMS FOR SIMILAR PHYSICIANS’ SERVICES.The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall carry out a study of the effects of permitting the aggregation of claims that involve common issues of law and fact furnished in the same carrier 104 STAT. 1388–65area to two or more individuals by two or more physicians within the same 12-month period for purposes of appeals provided for under section 1869(b)(2). Such study shall be conducted in at least four carrier areas. The Secretary shall report on the results of such study and any recommendations to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means of the House of Representatives by December 31, 1992.