3.0.0 1002 2023-01-13T04:47:46Z 2023-01-13T04:47:46Z Senate S S 2005-05-11 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-05-11T20:42:00Z 2005-05-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-05-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4946-4947) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2005-05-11 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2005-05-25 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2005-05-25 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2005-06-06 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-06-07 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2005-06-08 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2005-06-15 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2005-06-22 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2005-07-11 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-07-27 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2005-07-28 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2005-07-28 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2005-07-28 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2005-07-29 False C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2005-07-29 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2005-09-06 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2005-09-06 False S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2005-09-08 False D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-10-03 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-10-03 False S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2005-10-26 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-12-21 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2006-11-13 False Health Conflict of interests Crime and Law Enforcement Hospital care Hospital rates Medicare Physicians Puerto Rico Quality of care Social Welfare Health 00 2005-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-31T15:44:16Z 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.

]]> Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005 Display Title Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in payments to hospitals under the medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1002is/xml/BILLS-109s1002is.xml 2005-05-11 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.