3.0.0 2785 2019-11-15T21:57:50Z 2019-11-15T21:57:50Z Senate S S 2008-03-13 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-14T02:34:11Z Save Medicare Act of 2008 110 6091 HR 2008-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2008-03-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-03-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2008-04-01 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-04-02 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2008-04-02 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-04-02 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2008-04-04 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-04-09 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2008-04-09 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2008-04-09 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2008-04-15 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2008-04-15 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2008-04-21 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2008-04-24 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-04-28 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2008-04-28 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2008-04-30 False D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-05-07 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-05-22 False S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2008-07-23 False Health Access to health care Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Budget deficits Congress Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Legislation Medical fees Medicare Physicians Quality of care Social Welfare Health 00 2008-03-13 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-14T21:36:50Z Save Medicare Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, to: (1) increase the Medicare physician payment update for 2009; and (2) extend the physician quality reporting system, the incentive payment program for physician scarcity areas, the floor on the work geographic adjustment to the physician fee schedule, and the accommodation for physicians ordered to active duty in the armed services.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the provisions of, and amendments made by, this Act should be deficit neutral over the five year period beginning on October 1, 2008; and (2) Congress should address the challenges facing the Medicare program in a fiscally responsible manner.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Medicare program should provide payments to physicians and other health professionals that serve as positive incentives for participation in voluntary initiatives to improve health care quality; and (2) financing for such initiatives should be non-punitive and exempt from the Medicare physician fee schedule budget neutrality requirements.

]]> Save Medicare Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Save Medicare Act of 2008 Display Title Save Medicare Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve access to physicians' services under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate 2008-03-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2785is/xml/BILLS-110s2785is.xml 2008-03-13 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.