Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should be commended for implementing the Medicare demonstration project to assess the quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and should extend the project through 2006, subject to any appropriate modifications.

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Urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend through at least 2006 the Medicare demonstration project that assesses the quality of care for patients undergoing chemotherapy by collecting data on the impact of chemotherapy on cancer patients' quality of life. Calls for the continuation of payments to physicians for participation in the demonstration project to ensure that Medicare patients with cancer have access to chemotherapy treatment.

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 6 October 2005

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 6 October 2005

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 6 October 2005

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 4 May 2005

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 4 May 2005

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• Introduced in House

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