113 S623 IS: Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013 U.S. Senate 2013-03-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 623 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 20, 2013 Mr. Cardin (for himself and Mr. Vitter) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013.

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Medicare payment for imaging services

Section 1848(b)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(b)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E)

Limitation on application of multiple procedure payment reduction

The Secretary may not apply a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished on or after 30 days after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, until the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register the following: (i)An analysis of the information used in the final rule to implement the physician fee schedule under this section in 2013 to determine what, if any, efficiencies exist within the professional component of imaging services when 2 or more studies are performed on the same patient on the same day. (ii)Detailed information on— (I)which activities in the vignettes in such rule were assigned reduction percentages of 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 percent; (II)how such percentage reductions for the pre-, intra-, and post-service work were determined and calculated; and (III)the clinical aspects that went into those decisions. .