3.0.0 701 2023-01-11T13:19:41Z 2023-01-11T13:19:41Z Senate S S 2009-03-25 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-25T19:35:48Z Medicare Patient IVIG Access Act of 2009 111 2002 HR 2009-04-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2009-03-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-03-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3792-3793) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2009-03-25 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-03-25 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-03-25 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2009-03-25 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2009-03-31 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2009-04-23 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-04-27 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2009-04-30 False R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2009-05-04 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2009-05-05 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-05-07 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2010-05-13 False Health Cancer Drug therapy Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Immunology and vaccination Medicare Public contracts and procurement Health 00 2009-03-25 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-07T22:08:10Z Medicare Patient IVIG Access Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect data on the differences, if any, between: (1) payments to physicians for immune globulins using average sales price payment methodology; and (2) costs incurred by physicians for furnishing these products. Requires the Secretary also to review data on the access of eligible individuals to immune globulins.

Requires the Secretary, after completion of the review, to provide, if appropriate, an additional payment to such physicians for all items related to the furnishing of immune globulins as part of hospital outpatient services.

Provides for Medicare coverage of and payment for intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) administered in the home.

Allows the Secretary to contract for the collection of data on the practice of IVIG infusion.

Directs the Secretary to review data collected under such a contract as well as data submitted by members of the medical community related to the current infusion payment codes under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of SSA title XVIII.

Requires the Secretary, upon completion of any data collection and review, to: (1) notify the appropriate Medicare administrative contractors regarding which existing infusion codes shall be used for purposes of part B IVIG reimbursement; or (2) report to Congress and the RBRUS Committee (RUC) on why an additional infusion payment code is necessary.

Extends the meaning of durable medical equipment to include disposable drug delivery systems, including elastomeric infusion pumps, for the treatment of colorectal cancer.

]]> Medicare Patient IVIG Access Act of 2009 Display Title Medicare Patient IVIG Access Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access of Medicare beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG). Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Patient IVIG Access Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s701is/xml/BILLS-111s701is.xml 2009-03-25 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.