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Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act of 2005

Introduced: July 29, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Aug 5, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 4, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 29, 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.
Jul 29, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act of 2005 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for value-based purchasing in the payment for physicians' services under the Medicare program. Establishes updates to the single conversion factor for 2006 through 2009 and succeeding years for such services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide, as part of the rulemaking process, for the selection of quality measures (Q-measures) and efficiency measures (E-measures) meeting specified general requirements; and (2) determine a single rating of each billing unit based on Q and E measures, and disclose to the public whether a particular billing unit met performance objectives.

Requires the Secretary to establish such performance objectives, and base upon them any increased updates in the payment for physician services.

What's happening now August 5, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Oct 20, 2005
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Oct 18, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3617: Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3617/
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"H.R. 3617: Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3617/.
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H.R. 3617, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3617/.
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