HR 2356
109th Congress
House
Health
Commerce
Consumer price indexes
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Labor productivity
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare
Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005
Introduced: May 12, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 23, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 18, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 12, 2005
Introduced in House
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.
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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