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HR 5369 109th Congress House

Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Improvement Act of 2006

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve payments under the Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule.

Introduced: May 11, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Jun 5, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 11, 2006
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.
May 11, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 5, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) correction of erroneous determinations and other changes in fee schedule and national limitation amounts for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; (2) issuance of regulations on gap-filling methodology in determining the Medicare fee schedule for such tests; (3) increased transparency of process for determining fee schedule amounts for new tests; and (4) mandatory advance notice of clinical diagnostic laboratory test amounts being considered for adjustment under inherent reasonableness authority.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a demonstration project to evaluate new approaches to coding and payment under the Medicare program for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; and (2) appoint a standing panel to determine tests to be included in the project and make recommendations derived from project results to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5369: Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Improvement Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5369/
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"H.R. 5369: Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Improvement Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5369/.
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