S 283
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Women's health
Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
Introduced: January 30, 2019
Introduced by:
Collins, Susan M.
Republican
· Maine
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 30, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
This bill specifies that certain Medicare payment rules applicable to imaging services shall apply to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry services used in bone mass scans beginning in 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish national minimum payment amounts for such services.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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