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HR 846 113th Congress House Health Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare

Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013

Introduced: May 14, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 1, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 27, 2013
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.
Feb 27, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to payments for physician services, to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services until the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register: (1) an analysis of the information used in the final rule to implement the physician fee schedule in 2013 to determine what, if any, efficiences exist within the professional component of imaging services when two or more studies are performed on the same patient on the same day; and (2) detailed information on which activities in the vignettes in such rule were assigned specified reduction percentages, how such percentage reductions for the pre-, intra-, and post-service work were determined and calculated, and the clinical aspects that went into those decisions.

What's happening now March 4, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 623 Identical bill Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 141
All 141 Democratic 32 Republican 29
D
Brownley, Julia
California · Feb 28, 2014
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Feb 25, 2014
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Feb 25, 2014
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 30, 2013
 R
Webster, Daniel
Florida · Oct 16, 2013
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Oct 8, 2013
Yoder, Kevin
· Oct 1, 2013
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Sep 17, 2013
LATHAM, TOM
· Sep 17, 2013
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Aug 1, 2013
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Aug 1, 2013
Fudge, Marcia
· Aug 1, 2013
JOHNSON, SAM
· Aug 1, 2013
Kline, John
· Aug 1, 2013
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Aug 1, 2013
 R
Stutzman, Marlin A.
Indiana · Aug 1, 2013
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 30, 2013
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 30, 2013
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jul 30, 2013
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jul 18, 2013
HALL, RALPH
· Jul 18, 2013
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Jul 18, 2013
 R
Scott, Austin
Georgia · Jul 18, 2013
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Jul 11, 2013
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jul 8, 2013
Collins, Doug
· Jul 8, 2013
Farenthold, Blake
· Jul 8, 2013
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Jul 8, 2013
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Jul 8, 2013
Long, Billy
· Jul 8, 2013
Murphy, Tim
· Jul 8, 2013
Rothfus, Keith
· Jul 8, 2013
Walorski, Jackie
· Jul 8, 2013
Rokita, Todd
· Jun 25, 2013
Dent, Charles
· Jun 20, 2013
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Jun 20, 2013
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jun 20, 2013
MCCARTHY, CAROLYN
· Jun 20, 2013
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Jun 20, 2013
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jun 20, 2013
Westmoreland, Lynn
· Jun 20, 2013
WHITFIELD, EDWARD
· Jun 20, 2013
Bonner, Jo
· Jun 14, 2013
Roby, Martha
· Jun 14, 2013
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jun 14, 2013
Collins, Chris
· Jun 11, 2013
Holding, George
· Jun 11, 2013
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 11, 2013
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jun 11, 2013
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 4, 2013
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