3.0.0 1221 2023-01-11T13:18:38Z 2023-01-11T13:18:38Z Senate S S 2009-06-09 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-09T23:04:01Z To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price. 111 1392 HR 2009-03-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2009-06-09 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6384) IntroReferral 2009-06-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6383-6384) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA N R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2009-06-09 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-06-10 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-06-18 False B000382 Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] ROBERT BENNETT R UT F. 2009-06-23 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-07-20 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-08-04 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2009-09-29 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2010-02-24 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2010-03-10 False H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2010-12-09 False Health Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2009-06-09 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-07T17:08:37Z Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the use of average sales price methodology for calculating payments for drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).

Excludes from the manufacturer's average sales price when calculating such payments any customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers.

]]> A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price. Display Title A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2009-06-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1221is/xml/BILLS-111s1221is.xml 2009-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6384) 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.