Ensuring Quality and Access to Cancer Care Act of 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7446)
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 24, 2004
Ensuring Quality and Access to Cancer Care Act of 2004 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to increase the applicable percentage for services furnished during 2005 to the applicable percentage currently specified for 2004 with respect to transitional adjustment to the physician fee schedule for drug administration services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries.
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