3.0.0 1593 2023-01-13T04:50:20Z 2023-01-13T04:50:20Z Senate S S 2005-07-29 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-07-29T22:35:54Z Medicare Payment Adjustment To Community Health Centers (PATCH) Act of 2005 109 1819 HR 2005-05-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. Identical bill CRS 2005-07-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-07-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9514-9515) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-07-29 True Health Access to health care Ambulatory care Clinics Hospital rates Medicare Preventive medicine Social Welfare Health 00 2005-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-12T19:00:19Z Medicare Payment Adjustment To Community Health Centers (PATCH) Act of 2005 - Amends part E (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of federally qualified health center (FQHC) services to include certain services furnished by an FQHC for which payment may otherwise be made under Medicare if they were furnished by a health care provider or health care professional other than an FQHC.

Repeals the limitation of such services to outpatients of an FQHC, extending them to all patients of an FQHC. Repeals the declaration that any reference to a rural health clinic is deemed a reference to an FQHC.

Ensures FQHC reimbursement for patients of hospitals and critical access hospitals under the hospital prospective payment system.

]]> Medicare Payment Adjustment To Community Health Centers (PATCH) Act of 2005 Display Title Medicare Payment Adjustment To Community Health Centers (PATCH) Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance the access of Medicare beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits at Federally qualified health centers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Payment Adjustment To Community Health Centers (PATCH) Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1593is/xml/BILLS-109s1593is.xml 2005-07-29 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.