S. 3606 · 109th Congress
Save Our Safety Net Act of 2005
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Save Our Safety Net Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require payment to a physician of an additional 10% for emergency department visits.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 29, 2006
Save Our Safety Net Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require payment to a physician of an additional 10% for emergency department visits.
Prescribes special rules for calculating the Medicare hospital outpatient department (OPD) fee schedule amounts for clinic and emergency department visits.
Extends from temporary to permanent the current adjustment to payments (hold harmless provisions) for certain small rural and sole community hospitals under the OPD prospective payment system (PPS).
Eliminates the cap on the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for payments to rural hospitals.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Save Our Safety Net Act of 2005
Latest action (Jun 29, 2006): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6792-6793)
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 29, 2006
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.