3.0.0 1750 2023-01-11T20:42:20Z 2023-01-11T20:42:20Z Senate S S 2007-07-09 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-09T18:58:31Z Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2007 110 1190 HR 2007-03-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2007-07-09 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-07-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8797-8798) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-07-09 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-09-25 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2007-12-03 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2008-01-22 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-01-30 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2008-03-31 False B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2008-05-06 False Health Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs Medical fees Medicare Pharmacies Physicians Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health 00 2007-07-09 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-20T21:15:40Z Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require determination and calculation of the manufacturer's average sales price for a drug or biological on a monthly instead of a quarterly basis. Requires the payment amounts to be updated and applied by the Secretary of Health and Human Services based on the manufacturer's average sales price for the drug or biological calculated for the most recent month for which data are available. Removes prompt pay discounts from the calculation of such price.

Provides for an increase in the Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) payment for chemotherapy administration services.

Directs the Secretary to make an additional 2% for any drug administration services payment to physicians, taking into account pharmacy facilities management costs.

Directs the Secretary to develop new CPT codes for reporting and billing of physician's services associated with pharmacy facilities management and with medical oncology treatment planning.

]]> Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2007 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 Display Title Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1750is/xml/BILLS-110s1750is.xml 2007-07-09 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.