Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Apr 21, 2015)
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished: (1) after a specified date in the year this Act is enacted; or (2) in any subsequent year before the Secretary conducts and publishes, as part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for a year, an analysis of the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Data Manager information used to determine what, if any, efficiencies exist within the professional component of imaging services when two or more studies are performed on the same patient on the same day.
What just happenedApr 21, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateApr 21, 2015
- Apr 21, 2015IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Finance Committee - Apr 21, 2015IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate