S 1002
109th Congress
Senate
Health
Conflict of interests
Crime and Law Enforcement
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medicare
Physicians
Puerto Rico
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 11, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4946-4947)
May 11, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospital payments. Provides for the use of estimated costs rather than average charges in establishing weighting factors for diagnosis-related groups under the inpatient hospital prospective payment system.
Revises requirements for exceptions to the prohibition against certain physician self-referrals to specialty hospitals in which a physician has invested.
Exempts from the limitation on such referrals, and any liability for criminal penalties, specified arrangements between hospitals and physicians.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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