Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014
Long title	To amend the Social Security Act to extend Medicare payments to physicians and other provisions of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	The "doc fix"
Announced in	the 113th United States Congress
Sponsored by	Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA)
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 113–93 (text) (PDF)
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 4302 by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) on March 26, 2014; Committee consideration by United States House Committee on the Budget, United States House Committee on Ways and Means, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Passed the House on March 27, 2014 (voice vote); Passed the Senate on March 31, 2014 (Roll Call Vote 93: 64-35); Signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 1, 2014;

The Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (H.R. 4302; Pub. L. 113–93 (text) (PDF)) is a law that delayed until March 2015 a pending cut to Medicare physician payment, a cut that had been regularly delayed for over a decade. Because the law only delayed and did not repeal the physician payment cut, it was a source of controversy.

The bill was signed into law on April 1, 2014, during the 113th United States Congress.