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Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019

Introduced: January 30, 2019 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 30, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 January 30, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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