S 2347 112th Congress Senate Health Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare

Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2012

Introduced: April 25, 2012 See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Apr 25, 2012

Introduced in Senate

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Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to requirements for the fee schedule for diagnostic imaging services provided by a physician.

Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services: (1) furnished between 60 days after enactment of this Act and January 1, 2013; or (2) furnished in 2013 or subsequently unless the reduction is based on the analysis of an expert panel on diagnostic imaging services convened by the Institute of Medicine.

Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine to convene such an expert panel to analyze the appropriateness of applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services.

What's happening now April 25, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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