S 1574
109th Congress
Senate
Health
Commerce
Consumer price indexes
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Labor productivity
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare
Affordable Access to Medicare Providers Act of 2005
Introduced: July 29, 2005
Introduced by:
Cantwell, Maria
Democratic
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Jul 29, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9495-9496)
Jul 29, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9494-9495)
Jul 29, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 establish an update to the single conversion factor for 2006 of at least 2.7 %, and a formula for an update to the single conversion factor for 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 a productivity adjustment factor for 2007.
Excludes certain costs relating to such updates from the determination of the Medicare part B monthly premium.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9495-9496)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1