3.0.0 3606 2023-01-13T04:50:36Z 2023-01-13T04:50:36Z Senate S S 2006-06-29 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-06-29T20:42:53Z 2006-06-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6792-6793) IntroReferral 2006-06-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6791-6792) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-06-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2006-07-12 False Health Ambulatory care Clinics Emergency Management Emergency medicine Hospital rates Housing and Community Development Medicare Rural health Social Welfare Health 00 2006-06-29 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-21T15:48:38Z Save Our Safety Net Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require payment to a physician of an additional 10% for emergency department visits.

Prescribes special rules for calculating the Medicare hospital outpatient department (OPD) fee schedule amounts for clinic and emergency department visits.

Extends from temporary to permanent the current adjustment to payments (hold harmless provisions) for certain small rural and sole community hospitals under the OPD prospective payment system (PPS).

Eliminates the cap on the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for payments to rural hospitals.

]]> Save Our Safety Net Act of 2005 Display Title Save Our Safety Net Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide fair payments for care provided in a hospital emergency department. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Save Our Safety Net Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2006-06-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3606is/xml/BILLS-109s3606is.xml 2006-06-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6792-6793) 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.