[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5711 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5711

To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish 
    a floor for payment for mammography under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2008

  Mr. Weiner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish 
    a floor for payment for mammography under the Medicare Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Assure Access to Mammography Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PAYMENT FLOOR FOR MAMMOGRAPHY.

    Section 1848(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Payment floor for screening and diagnostic 
        mammography.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of mammography, 
                whether screening or diagnostic, performed in a year 
                beginning with 2009, the fee schedule amount shall not 
                be less than the amount specified in subparagraph (B) 
                for that year. Such amount shall be subject to 
                geographic area adjustment in the same manner as for 
                other physicians' services under this section.
                    ``(B) Amount.--The amount specified in this 
                subparagraph--
                            ``(i) for 2009 is 115 percent of the fee 
                        schedule amount under this section with respect 
                        to mammography for 2008, increased by the 
                        percentage increase in the MEI (as defined in 
                        section 1842(i)(3)) for 2008; and
                            ``(ii) for a subsequent year is the amount 
                        specified in this subparagraph for the previous 
                        year increased by the percentage increase in 
                        the MEI (as so defined) for such previous 
                        year.''.
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