WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Medical fees

S. 3626, The Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3626 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts....

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S. 3611, The Medicaid Services Restoration Act of 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3611 would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of rehabilitation services and case management and targeted case management services under the Medicaid program....

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H.R. 758, The Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 758 would require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations....

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S. 3505, The Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2008

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3505 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program....

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H.R. 1527, The Rural Veterans Access to Care Act - Cost per Average Family: $14.88

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1527 would amend title 38, United States Code, to allow highly rural veterans enrolled in the health system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive covered health services through providers other than those of the Department....

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S. 3413, The Access for All America Act

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3413 would achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and it would improve primary care delivery through an expansion of the community health center and National Health Service Corps programs....

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S. 3412, The Access for All America Act

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3412 would achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and it would improve primary care delivery through an expansion of the community health center and National Health Service Corps programs....

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P.L. 110-275, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.29

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6331 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, it would improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, it would enhance low-income benefit programs, and it would maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3318, The Medicare Physician Payment Equity Act of 2008

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3318 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for recognition of equality of physician work in all geographic areas and revisions to the practice expense geographic adjustment under the Medicare physician fee schedule....

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S. 3265, The Ensuring Home Health Care for Seniors Act of 2008

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3265 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of home health services on a reasonable cost basis....

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S. 3236, The Medicare and Medicaid Extension Act of 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3236 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under Medicare and Medicaid programs....

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S. 3101, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $18.14

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3101 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3118, The Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $25.55

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3118 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas....

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S. 3116, The Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2008

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3116 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program....

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H.R. 6212, The Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6212 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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H.R. 6174, The Equality in Medicare Advantage Payment Act of 2008

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6174 would amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce variation in Medicare Advantage payment rates among counties within the same State within certain very large metropolitan area....

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S. 3067, The Dental Health Improvement Act of 2008

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3067 would amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Dental Health Improvement Act....

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H.R. 6129, The Assuring Access to Medicare Doctors Act of 2008

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6129 would amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for 7 months the Medicare physician payment rates....

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H.R. 6091, The Save Medicare Act of 2008

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6091 would amend title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve access to physicians' services under the Medicare Program....

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H.R. 6102, The Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2008

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6102 would reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, and it would prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education....

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H.R. 6101, The Patient Fairness and Indigent Care Promotion Act of 2008

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6101 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the ability of medical professionals to practice medicine and provide quality care to patients by providing a tax deduction for patient bad debt....

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H.R. 6082, The Medicare Paramedic Intercept Services Coverage Act of 2008

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6082 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for expanded coverage of paramedic intercept services under the Medicare Program....

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S. 2999, The Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2999 would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials....

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H.R. 6015, The Hospital and ASC Price Disclosure and Litigation Protection Act of 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6015 would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to disclose charge-related information and it would provide price protection for treatments not covered by insurance as conditions for receiving protection from charge-related legal actions....

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S. 2990, The Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2008

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2990 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access of Medicare beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins....

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