U.S. Congress - H.R.3269 Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011
H.R.3269 - Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011 as introduced.
- Official: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services. as introduced.
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Official Summary
10/27/2011--Introduced.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 componentOfficial Summary
10/27/2011--Introduced.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.
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Organizations Supporting H.R.3269
- American College of Radiology
- Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
- American Society of Echocardiography
- PRC Medical
- Association for Quality Imaging
- Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
- ...and 1 more. See all.
Organizations Opposing H.R.3269
- None via MapLight at this time.
Recent News Coverage
Imaging Services -- On the Medicare Chopping Block
Heading Up the Hill Radiologists and other groups have taken the fight to Capitol Hill, and are backing the passage of the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 3269). The bipartisan bill, introduced by 2 members of Congress ...
ACR touts 180 co-sponsors for radiology bill
The bill, H.R. 3269, the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act, would stop the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from implementing a 25 percent cut to doctors who perform multiple advanced imaging scans on the same patient in the same
No congressional rescue
The American College of Radiology’s ad (Dec. 5) praising Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers misleads her constituents. HR 3269 has been stuck in committee since October. It is not law. She was one of the bill’s 30 original co-sponsors. The bill ...
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Senate bill seeks to curb 25% cut for same-day imaging
S. 2347 joins its House companion bill, HR 3269, introduced by U.S. Representatives Pete Olson (R-Texas) and Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), which currently has 234 cosponsors. Last updated on April 30, 2012 at 10:20 am EST ...
Senate bill seeks to curb 25% cut for same-day imaging
S. 2347 joins its House companion bill, HR 3269, introduced by U.S. Representatives Pete Olson (R-Texas) and Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), which currently has 234 cosponsors. Last updated on April 30, 2012 at 10:20 am EST ...
Senate bill seeks to curb 25% cut for same-day imaging
S. 2347 joins its House companion bill, HR 3269, introduced by U.S. Representatives Pete Olson (R-Texas) and Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), which currently has 234 cosponsors. Last updated on April 30, 2012 at 10:20 am EST ...
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