3.0.0 3038 2023-01-11T21:19:23Z 2023-01-11T21:19:23Z House H HR 2007-07-12 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-16T19:45:30Z Referred to 2007-07-12T14:01:25Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-12T19:51:02Z Referred to 2007-07-12T14:01:20Z 2007-07-16 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-07-12 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-07-12 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-07-12 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-12 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-07-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000250 Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] PETE SESSIONS R TX 32 N Health Congressional reporting requirements Drugs Medical fees Medical laboratories Medical tests Medicare Physicians Social Welfare Health 00 2007-07-12 Introduced in House 2007-07-30T20:03:10Z Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise physician service fee schedule requirements, particularly the conversion factors in the formula for determining fees.

Provides for separate conversion factors for service categories. Establishes specified update service categories and expenditure measurement categories. Prescribes a formula for establishing updates for conversion factors for update service categories. Replaces sustainable growth rates with service category growth rates

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the appropriate congressional committees after the end of any year in which actual expenditures exceeded allowed expenditures for such year and the preceding year for either of the expenditure measurement categories: (1) clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; or (2) drugs, biologicals, and radiopharmaceuticals. Requires an analysis of the reasons for such excess expenditures and recommendations for addressing them in the future.

]]> Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to establish standards for growth in Medicare expenditures for physicians' services based on categories of services. Introduced in House IH Display Title Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3038ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3038ih.xml 2007-07-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.