Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021 2021-05-25 Introduced in House Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021

This bill specifies that certain Medicare payment rules applicable to imaging services shall apply to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry services used in bone mass scans beginning in 2022.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish national minimum payment amounts for such services.

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