HR 3835
107th Congress
House
Health
Cervical cancer
Medical fees
Medical tests
Medicare
Social Welfare
Women
Women's health
To provide for equitable reimbursement rates under the Medicare Program for thin prep pap smears tests.
Introduced: March 4, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 4, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 4, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Social Security Act to establish $28 as the national minimum payment for a diagnostic or screening pap smear laboratory test furnished in 2002 for which a claim is billed under the Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). (Currently such payment must be determined according to a specified formula).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1