S. 1002 · 109th Congress
Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005
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Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospital payments. Provides for the use of estimated costs rather than average charges in establishing weighting factors for diagnosis-related groups under the inpatient hospital prospective payment system.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 11, 2005
Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospital payments. Provides for the use of estimated costs rather than average charges in establishing weighting factors for diagnosis-related groups under the inpatient hospital prospective payment system.
Revises requirements for exceptions to the prohibition against certain physician self-referrals to specialty hospitals in which a physician has invested.
Exempts from the limitation on such referrals, and any liability for criminal penalties, specified arrangements between hospitals and physicians.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005
Latest action (May 11, 2005): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 11, 2005
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.