3.0.0 1574 2023-01-13T04:50:21Z 2023-01-13T04:50:21Z Senate S S 2005-07-29 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-07-29T19:51:08Z 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 2005-07-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9495-9496) IntroReferral 2005-07-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9494-9495) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-07-29 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2005-07-29 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2005-07-29 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2005-07-29 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-07-29 True 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 Health 00 2005-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-04T21:41:16Z 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.

]]> Affordable Access to Medicare Providers Act of 2005 Display Title Affordable Access to Medicare Providers Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum update for physicians' services for 2006 and 2007. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Affordable Access to Medicare Providers Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1574is/xml/BILLS-109s1574is.xml 2005-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9495-9496) 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.