3.0.0 2404 2023-01-11T13:15:27Z 2023-01-11T13:15:27Z Senate S S 2007-12-03 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-03T22:57:43Z Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007 110 1321 HR 2007-03-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-12-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-12-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Congressional reporting requirements DNA Department of Health and Human Services Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Medical fees Medical laboratories Medical tests Medicare Molecular biology Proteins Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Health 00 2007-12-03 Introduced in Senate 2007-12-17T22:19:54Z Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a demonstration project to evaluate new approaches to coding and payment under the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; and (2) appoint a standing panel to determine tests to be included in the project and make recommendations derived from project results to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Amends SSA title XVIII with respect to: (1) correction of erroneous determinations and other changes in fee schedule and national limitation amounts for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; (2) issuance of regulations on gap-filling methodology in determining the Medicare fee schedule for such tests; (3) increased transparency of the process for determining fee schedule amounts for new tests; and (4) mandatory advance notice of clinical diagnostic laboratory test amounts being considered for adjustment under inherent reasonableness authority.

]]> Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007 Display Title Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve payments under the Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule. Introduced in Senate 2007-12-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2404is/xml/BILLS-110s2404is.xml 2007-12-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.