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HR 2356 109th Congress House

Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform the Medicare physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment update system.

Introduced: July 14, 2005 See on congress.gov
Health CommerceConsumer price indexesCost of living adjustmentsEconomics and Public Finance
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Indexing (Economic policy)Labor and EmploymentLabor productivityMedical feesMedicarePhysiciansSocial Welfare
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May 23, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 18, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 12, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 12, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 23, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to payment for physicians' services to: (1) eliminate the sustainable growth rate payment update system; and (2) establish in its place an update to the single conversion factor for 2006 of at least 2.7 percent, and a formula for an update to the single conversion factor for years beginning with 2007.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in calculating the formula for the single conversion factor, to establish an input price index and estimate annually a productivity adjustment factor.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1081 Related bill Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 52
All 52 Democratic 14 Republican 10 Independent 1
BIGGERT, JUDY
· Sep 20, 2006
WAMP, ZACH
· Sep 14, 2006
Melancon, Charlie
· Jul 19, 2006
STEARNS, CLIFF
· Jul 19, 2006
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 2, 2006
BROWN, HENRY
· Oct 20, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 20, 2005
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Oct 20, 2005
HARMAN, JANE
· Oct 7, 2005
BAIRD, BRIAN
· Sep 22, 2005
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Sep 15, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 15, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Sep 15, 2005
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Sep 8, 2005
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 8, 2005
Davis, Lincoln
· Jul 29, 2005
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 28, 2005
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 27, 2005
BOUCHER, RICK
· Jul 27, 2005
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 27, 2005
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jul 27, 2005
ETHERIDGE, BOB
· Jul 27, 2005
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jul 27, 2005
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jul 20, 2005
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jul 20, 2005
Salazar, John
· Jul 20, 2005
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 20, 2005
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jul 20, 2005
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 20, 2005
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jul 14, 2005
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Jul 14, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 14, 2005
MOORE, DENNIS
· Jul 14, 2005
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jul 14, 2005
Shuster, Bill
· Jul 14, 2005
EDWARDS, CHET
· Jun 30, 2005
EMERSON, JO
· Jun 30, 2005
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Jun 30, 2005
HASTINGS, DOC
· Jun 27, 2005
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie
· Jun 27, 2005
INSLEE, JAY
· Jun 27, 2005
MOLLOHAN, ALAN
· Jun 27, 2005
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jun 17, 2005
SNYDER, VICTOR
· Jun 17, 2005
SOUDER, MARK
· Jun 17, 2005
Brown-Waite, Ginny
· Jun 8, 2005
Cardoza, Dennis
· Jun 8, 2005
GORDON, BART
· Jun 8, 2005
Marshall, Jim
· Jun 8, 2005
THORNBERRY, WILLIAM
· Jun 8, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2356: Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2356/
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