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S. 2609 117th Congress Senate

Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure equitable payment for, and preserve Medicare beneficiary access to, diagnostic radiopharmaceut… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure equitable payment for, and preserve Medicare beneficiary access to, diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals under the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system.

Introduced: August 4, 2021 Introduced by: Marsha Blackburn Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicareRadiation
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 4, 2021
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 Latest action August 4, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021

This bill establishes separate payment requirements for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services. The bill's requirements apply to diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals that have an average daily cost of $500 or more in 2022 and as adjusted based on a specified fee schedule factor in each year thereafter.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4479 Identical bill Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 8

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. · Massachusetts · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. · Massachusetts · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. · Massachusetts · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. · Massachusetts · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. · Massachusetts · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • FARRAGUT PARTNERS LLP
    for LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. · Massachusetts · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Sep 21, 2022
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 27, 2022
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Feb 3, 2022
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Dec 7, 2021
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Aug 4, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2609: Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2609/
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"S. 2609: Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2609/.
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S. 2609, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2609/.
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