United States · Bill · S
S. 2702 (110th)
Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2008
Introduced
4 March 2008
Last action
4 March 2008 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO], Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large], Susan Collins, Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Ron Wyden, Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Subjects
Healthcare, Energy
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national minimum payment amount for CPT code 77080 (relating to dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, or DXA, the most widely accepted method of measuring bone mass to predict fracture risk) and CPT code 77082 (relating to vertebral fracture assessment, or VFA), and any successor to such codes as identified by the Secretary (bone mass scans). Directs the Secretary to arrange with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies to conduct a study for a report to the Secretary and Congress on: (1) the ramifications of Medicare reimbursement reductions for DXA and VFA on beneficiary access to bone mass measurement benefits; and (2) the methods to increase use of bone mass measurement by Medicare beneficiaries.
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Timeline
4 March 2008
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
4 March 2008
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 4 March 2008 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 March 2008
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 March 2008
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 4 March 2008
Sponsors
- Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Susan Collins · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Ron Wyden · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/2702
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2702
- us · 110-s-2702 · source updated 5 December 2025