H.R. 3269 · 112th Congress
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011
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269 cosponsors · 103 D, 166 R
32 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished: (1) in 2012; or (2) in 2013 or a subsequent year unless the…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Oct 27, 2011
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished: (1) in 2012; or (2) in 2013 or a subsequent year unless the reduction is based on the data, analysis, and conclusions of a study completed by an expert panel of physician members from a national medical speciality society expert in the field of diagnostic imaging services.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011
Latest action (Oct 28, 2011): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Oct 27, 2011
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.