3.0.0 1303 2023-01-15T16:48:42Z 2023-01-15T16:48:42Z Senate S S 2003-06-20 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-06-20T15:12:39Z Quality Cancer Care Preservation Act 108 1622 HR 2003-04-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2003-06-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-06-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2003-06-20 True N000102 Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] DONALD NICKLES R OK LEE 2003-06-20 True H000725 Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] ERNEST HOLLINGS D SC FREDERICK 2003-06-24 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2003-06-25 False M001141 Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] ZELL MILLER D GA 2003-07-07 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2003-07-08 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2003-07-14 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2003-07-23 False F000442 Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL] PETER FITZGERALD R IL 2003-07-31 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2003-09-05 False B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2003-09-23 False Health Access to health care Agriculture and Food Ambulatory care Business records Cancer Chemotherapy Coinsurance Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Drug industry Drug therapy Drugs Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Health counseling Health insurance Law Local taxation Medical fees Medicare Mental health services Nurses Nutrition Pharmacies Physicians Prescription pricing Quality of care Radiotherapy Sales tax Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Social work Standards State taxation Taxation Health 00 2003-06-20 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) revise the practice expense relative value units for drug administration services (including chemotherapy administration services) in accordance with this Act to determine the units to be used in determining the fee schedule amounts paid for drug administration services under the Medicare program; (2) recognize and make payments under Medicare for chemotherapy support services furnished incident to physicians' services; (3) recognize and establish a payment amount for the service of cancer therapy management to account for the greater pre-service and post-service work associated with visits and consultations conducted by physicians treating cancer patients compared to typical visits and consultations; and (4) develop a revised methodology for determining the payment amounts for services that are paid under the Medicare fee schedule and that do not have physician work relative value units, including radiation oncology services.

Amends SSA title XVIII to provide that if the Secretary requires direct supervision of a service by a physician, that supervision requirement may be fulfilled by one or more physicians other than the physician who ordered the service.]]>

Quality Cancer Care Preservation Act Display Title Quality Cancer Care Preservation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and otherwise revise the Medicare Program to reform the method of paying for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Quality Cancer Care Preservation Act Introduced in Senate 2003-06-20T04:00:00Z 2003-06-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.