3.0.0 2340 2023-01-13T04:49:02Z 2023-01-13T04:49:02Z Senate S S 2006-02-28 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-28T22:05:03Z Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2005 109 4098 HR 2005-11-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2006-02-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-02-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1547-1548) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA N C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2006-02-28 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2006-02-28 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2006-03-13 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2006-04-24 False S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2006-09-21 False Health Cancer Chemotherapy Clinical trials Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Drugs Medical fees Medical research Medicare Overhead costs Performance measurement Physicians Prescription pricing Quality of care Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Health 00 2006-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-20T19:27:02Z Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject to quarterly reconciliation any payments to physicians for drugs or biologicals made according to average sales price payment methodology in order to assure that they do not exceed or fall short of the actual average sales price during any preceding period.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review all such payments in the preceding quarter and compare them to the verified average sales price reported by the manufacturer for such quarter.

Removes prompt pay discounts from the calculation of the manufacturer's average sales price.

Extends through December 31, 2006, the current demonstration project to identify and assess oncology services that positively affect cancer outcomes.

Requires the Secretary to make an additional 2% drug administration services payment to physicians for overhead and related costs.

Directs the Secretary to develop indicators for the evaluation of the quality of oncology services provided in the physician office setting.

Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to develop a strategic plan to increase the number of cancer patients who enroll in clinical trials.

]]> Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2006 Display Title Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to community cancer care by Medicare beneficiaries. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-28T05:00:00Z 2006-02-28 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.