3.0.0 2575 2023-01-11T13:39:58Z 2023-01-11T13:39:58Z Senate S 2018-03-20 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-03-20T16:04:43Z Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2017 115 2276 HR 2017-05-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2018-03-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-03-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2018-03-20 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2018-07-25 False Health Health 00 2018-03-20 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-21T14:07:48Z Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018

This bill amends expands the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include an audiologist with respect to the furnishing of audiology services.

Additionally, the bill expands the scope of audiology services covered under Medicare and allows payment for such services regardless of whether an enrollee is under the care of (or referred by) a physician or other health care provider or whether the services are provided under the supervision of a physician or other health care provider.

]]> Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Display Title Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing audiology services under the Medicare program, to improve access to the audiology services available for coverage under the Medicare program and to enable beneficiaries to have their choice of a qualified audiologist to provide such services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2575is/xml/BILLS-115s2575is.xml 2018-03-20 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.