3.0.0 2940 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z Senate S 2016-05-17 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-17T20:36:44Z Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2016 114 4614 HR 2016-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2016-05-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2016-05-17 True Health Health personnel Licensing and registrations Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Radiation Health 00 2016-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2016-11-02T11:16:20Z Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2016

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise physician supervision requirements under the Medicare program for radiology services performed by advanced level radiographers. Specifically, with respect to a state that has established such requirements for those services, the bill aligns Medicare's requirements with state requirements.

An "advanced level radiographer" is a radiographer who has obtained specified certification from either the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists or the Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner Assistants.

]]> Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2016 Display Title Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to align physician supervision requirements under the Medicare program for radiology services performed by advanced level radiographers with State requirements. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2940is/xml/BILLS-114s2940is.xml 2016-05-17 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.