HR 421
103th Congress
House
Health
Congressional reporting requirements
Heart diseases
Medical fees
Medical tests
Medicare
Physicians
Medicare EKG Payment Restoration Act of 1993
Introduced: January 5, 1993
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 10, 1993
See H.R.2264.
Feb 3, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jan 15, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 5, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 5, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 5, 1993
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare EKG Payment Restoration Act of 1993 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to reestablish separate payment for the interpretation of electrocardiograms (EKGs) that are ordered or performed during an office visit to or consultation with a physician.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish separate fee schedule amounts for such EKG interpretations; (2) establish practice guidelines for EKG use by physicians; (3) develop a profile of such use; (4) study EKG utilization and costs; and (5) report to the Congress on such study.
What's happening now
See H.R.2264.
Committees of jurisdiction
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