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Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007

Introduced: March 1, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Sep 24, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10738)
Mar 7, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 5, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 1, 2007
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 1, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to limitations on payments for physicians' imaging services.

Renames the imaging services concerned advanced diagnostic imaging services.

Eliminates X-ray and ultrasound (including echocardiography) services from payment limitations for such services.

Confines existing payment limitations to diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) (all specified under current law), plus nuclear cardiology procedures.

Imposes a two-year moratorium, however, on the application of existing payment limitations for such services.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on patient access and service issues relating to the availability and quality of advanced diagnostic imaging services in physician offices and freestanding clinics that would have resulted (but for the moratorium declared by this Act) from payment changes made under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

What's happening now September 24, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10738)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1338 Related bill Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 28
All 28 Democratic 18 Republican 10
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Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 29, 2008
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2008
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Dec 12, 2007
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Dec 4, 2007
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Oct 25, 2007
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Sep 27, 2007
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Sep 24, 2007
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jul 23, 2007
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 27, 2007
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 20, 2007
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jun 12, 2007
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 12, 2007
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Costa, Jim
California · Jun 6, 2007
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 24, 2007
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · May 24, 2007
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 22, 2007
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · May 15, 2007
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 7, 2007
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 3, 2007
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 1, 2007
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 18, 2007
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Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Apr 18, 2007
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 17, 2007
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 17, 2007
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 29, 2007
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 1, 2007
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Green, Al
Texas · Mar 1, 2007
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 1, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1293: Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1293/
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"H.R. 1293: Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1293/.
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H.R. 1293, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1293/.
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