To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.

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Introduced

20 May 2015

Last action

1 June 2015 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7], Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1], Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3], Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2], Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large], Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7], Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2], Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6], Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10], Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16], Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3], Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27], Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2], Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2], Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17], Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1], Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]

Subjects

Healthcare, Energy

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3 January 2025

Healthcare · Energy

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Summary

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the establishment of physicians' fee schedules, to extend for 2016 and each subsequent year the classification of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry services as imaging services used in bone mass scans. The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish national minimum payment amounts for such services as identified by specified Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes and adjusted by the pertinent geographical adjustment factors.

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Timeline

20 May 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
20 May 2015
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
20 May 2015
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
20 May 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 May 2015
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
1 June 2015
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2461
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