3.0.0 2702 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z Senate S S 2008-03-04 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-04T23:38:52Z Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2007 110 4206 HR 2007-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2008-03-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2008-03-04 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2008-04-09 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2008-04-09 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2008-04-14 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-04-14 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2008-04-23 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-04-24 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2008-04-24 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2008-05-01 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2008-05-12 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-07-08 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-09-23 False Health Access to health care Bone fractures Congress Congressional reporting requirements Governmental investigations Medical fees Medical tests Medicare Osteoporosis Social Welfare Health 00 2008-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-14T21:15:11Z 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.

]]> Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2008 Display Title Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under the Medicare part B Program. Introduced in Senate 2008-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2702is/xml/BILLS-110s2702is.xml 2008-03-04 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.