3.0.0 1079 2023-01-11T13:27:19Z 2023-01-11T13:27:19Z Senate S 2015-04-23 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-23T20:49:17Z SCREEN Act of 2015 114 2035 HR 2015-05-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-04-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2403; text of measure as introduced: CR S2403-2405) IntroReferral 2015-04-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2015-11-03 False Health Cancer Digestive and metabolic diseases Health promotion and preventive care Home and outpatient care Hospital care Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Health 00 2015-04-23 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-20T20:31:45Z Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2015 or the SCREEN Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to maintain calendar year 2015 Medicare reimbursement rates for colonoscopy procedures for providers participating in colorectal cancer screening quality improvement registry.

Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing is eliminated for colorectal cancer screening tests, for the removal of tissue or other matter during the screening test, or for a follow-up procedure.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation shall test a payment and service delivery model that is a demonstration project to evaluate the effectiveness of a pre-operative visit before screening colonoscopy and hepatitis C screening.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services must reduce the physician fee schedule conversion factor and the hospital outpatient department conversion factor to the extent necessary to reduce expenditures for related items and services to achieve budget-neutral results.

]]> SCREEN Act of 2015 Display Title SCREEN Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to improve coverage for colorectal screening tests under Medicare and private health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SCREEN Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1079is/xml/BILLS-114s1079is.xml 2015-04-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2403; text of measure as introduced: CR S2403-2405) 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.