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Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007

Introduced: March 1, 2007 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

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

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)

Committees of jurisdiction 4

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives