< Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

==TITLE V — MEDICARE==

Subtitle A — Provisions Relating to PART A
Sec. 5001. Hospital Quality Improvement.
Sec. 5002. Clarification of Determination of Medicaid Patient Days for DSH Computation.
Sec. 5003. Improvements to the Medicare-Dependent Hospital (MDH) Program.
Sec. 5004. Reduction in Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Bad Debt.
Sec. 5005. Extended Phase-In of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Classification Criteria.
Sec. 5006. Development of a Strategic Plan Regarding Physician Investment in Specialty Hospitals.
Sec. 5007. Medicare Demonstration Projects to Permit Gainsharing Arrangements.
Sec. 5008. Post-Acute Care Payment Reform Demonstration Program.
Subtitle B — Provisions Relating to PART B
Chapter 1 — Payment Provisions
Sec. 5101. Beneficiary Ownership of Certain Durable Medical Equipment (DME).
Sec. 5102. Adjustments in Payment for Imaging Services.
Sec. 5103. Limitation on Payments for Procedures in Ambulatory Surgical Centers.
Sec. 5104. Update for Physicians' Services for 2006.
Sec. 5105. Three-Year Transition of Hold Harmless Payments for Small Rural Hospitals Under the Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Department Services.
Sec. 5106. Update to the Composite Rate Component of the Basic Case-Mix Adjusted Prospective Payment System for Dialysis Services.
Sec. 5107. Revisions to Payments for Therapy Services.
Chapter 2 — Miscellaneous
Sec. 5111. Accelerated Implementation of Income-Related Reduction in PART B Premium Subsidy.
Sec. 5112. Medicare Coverage of Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.
Sec. 5113. Improving Patient Access to, and Utilization of, Colorectal Cancer Screening.
Sec. 5114. Delivery of Services at Federally Qualified Health Centers.
Sec. 5115. Waiver of PART B Late Enrollment Penalty for Certain International Volunteers.
Subtitle C — Provisions Relating to PARTs A and B
Sec. 5201. Home Health Payments.
Sec. 5202. Revision of Period for Providing Payment for Claims that are not Submitted Electronically.
Sec. 5203. Timeframe for PART A and B Payments.
Sec. 5204. Medicare Integrity Program Funding.
Subtitle D — Provisions Relating to PART C
Sec. 5301. Phase-Out of Risk Adjustment Budget Neutrality in Determining the Amount of Payments to Medicare Advantage Organizations.
Sec. 5302. Rural PACE Provider Grant Program.


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