3.0.0 2729 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z Senate S S 2008-03-06 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-06T19:48:46Z Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2007 110 2585 HR 2007-10-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11149-11155) Related bill CRS Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 110 5545 HR 2008-03-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2008-03-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-03-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1706-1707) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2008-04-01 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2008-04-03 False Health Access to health care Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Drugs Economics and Public Finance Education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government trust funds Governmental investigations Health information systems Higher education Hospital care Medical education Medical fees Medicare Minorities Minority health Physicians Prescription pricing Quality of care Social Welfare Health 00 2008-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-11T20:28:12Z Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (the Act), with respect to the formula for calculating payments for physicians' services. Resets to 2007 the base year for application of the sustainable growth rate formula, which shall be eliminated in 2010.

Amends the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, as amended by the Act, to extend the current transitional bonus payments.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a reporting system for quality measures relating to physicians' services that focus on disease-specific high cost conditions.

Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to create standards for health information technology (HIT) payment incentives.

Amends SSA title XI to create safe harbors to antikickback and civil and criminal penalties for provision of HIT and training services.

Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the impact of such safe harbors.

Amends SSA title XVIII to create an exception to the limitation on certain physician referrals for the provision of HIT and training services to health care professionals.

Directs the Secretary to report annually to: (1) each physician information on the physician's total Medicare billings; and (2) each individual entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) on the amount of Medicare payments made to or on behalf of the individual during the year involved.

Directs the Secretary to collect data on annual savings in expenditures in the Medicare program due to physicians' services that resulted in hospital or in-patient diversion.

Requires the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to monitor and examine the extent to which the different funding mechanisms under Medicare parts A, B, and D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) provide an appropriate alignment with the program goals of the respective parts.

Directs the Secretary to arrange for a study of price inputs and relative values for physicians' services recommended by the AMA/Speciality Society Relative Value Unit Scale Update Committee process.

Requires the Secretary to provide for a study of, and report to Congress on, health care disparities in high-risk health condition areas and minority communities with respect to the impact reporting requirements may have on physician penetration in such communities.

]]> Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 Display Title Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify Medicare physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2729is/xml/BILLS-110s2729is.xml 2008-03-06 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.