Bill113th Congress

S. 623

Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013

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Introduced
Mar 20, 2013
Origin Chamber
Senate
Policy Area
Health
Latest Action
Mar 20, 2013

Sponsor

Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]

Democrat·MD
Bioguide ID: C000141
First Name: Ben
Last Name: Cardin
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Actions
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Amendments
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Related Bills
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Bill Details

Update Date
Mar 3, 2022
Origin Chamber
Senate
Bill Type
S
Bill Number
623
Congress
113
Introduced Date
Mar 20, 2013
Policy Area
Health
Is Law
No
Mar 20, 2013IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Source: Senate

Mar 20, 2013IntroReferral10000

Introduced in Senate

Source: Library of Congress

Introduced in Senate· Mar 20, 20130

Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to payments for physician services, to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services until the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register: (1) an analysis of the information used in the final rule to implement the physician fee schedule in 2013 to determine what, if any, efficiences exist within the professional component of imaging services when two or more studies are performed on the same patient on the same day; and (2) detailed information on which activities in the vignettes in such rule were assigned specified reduction percentages, how such percentage reductions for the pre-, intra-, and post-service work were determined and calculated, and the clinical aspects that went into those decisions.

Finance Committee

Senate· Standing
Medical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicare

Introduced in Senate

Mar 20, 2013