3.0.0 2356 2022-02-03T05:28:11Z 2022-02-03T05:28:11Z House H HR 2005-05-12 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-05-23T15:36:55Z Referred to 2005-05-12T14:02:40Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-05-18T14:28:10Z Referred to 2005-05-12T14:02:45Z Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005 109 1081 S 2005-05-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2005-05-23 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-05-18 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-05-12 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-05-12 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-12 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000303 Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] E. SHAW R FL CLAY 22 N C000141 Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] Ben Cardin D MD 3 2005-05-12 True B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2005-05-24 False B000652 Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] LEONARD BOSWELL D IA L. 3 2005-05-24 False C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2005-05-24 False C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2005-05-24 False C001059 Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20] Jim Costa D CA 20 2005-05-24 False G000280 Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] VIRGIL GOODE R VA H. 5 2005-05-24 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2005-05-24 False H000762 Rep. 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Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2006-03-02 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2006-03-15 False S000822 Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] CLIFF STEARNS R FL 6 2006-07-19 False J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2006-07-19 False M001161 Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] Charlie Melancon D LA 3 2006-07-19 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2006-09-06 False H001035 Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13] Katherine Harris R FL 13 2006-09-06 False W000119 Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] ZACH WAMP R TN 3 2006-09-14 False B001232 Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] JUDY BIGGERT R IL 13 2006-09-20 False 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 Health 00 2005-05-12 Introduced in House 2005-05-27T22:00:00Z 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.

]]> Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005 Display Title Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform the Medicare physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment update system. Introduced in House 2005-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2356ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2356ih.xml 2005-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.