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H.R. 2356 · 109th Congress

Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005

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177 cosponsors · 98 D, 78 R, 1 I
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1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to payment for physicians' services to: (1) eliminate the sustainable growth rate payment update system; and (2) establish in its place an update to the single conversion factor for 2006 of at least 2.7 percent, and a formula for an…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 12, 2005

Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to payment for physicians' services to: (1) eliminate the sustainable growth rate payment update system; and (2) establish in its place an update to the single conversion factor for 2006 of at least 2.7 percent, and a formula for an update to the single conversion factor for years beginning with 2007.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in calculating the formula for the single conversion factor, to establish an input price index and estimate annually a productivity adjustment factor.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005

Latest action (May 23, 2005): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: May 12, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.