[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1338 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1338

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a two-
 year moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for 
                           imaging services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2007

Mr. Rockefeller (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Collins, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
   Menendez, Mr. Burr, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Graham, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. 
    Cardin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a two-
 year moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for 
                           imaging services.

    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 ``Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. TWO-YEAR MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT 
              REDUCTIONS FOR IMAGING SERVICES.

    (a) Moratorium.--No payment adjustment shall be made under 
subsections (b)(4)(A) or (c)(2)(B)(v)(II) of section 1848 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4) during the 2-year period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) GAO Study and Report on Imaging Services Furnished Under the 
Medicare Program.--
            (1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
        shall conduct a comprehensive study on imaging services 
        furnished under the Medicare program.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
        Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services a 
        report on the findings and conclusions of the study conducted 
        under paragraph (1) together with recommendations for such 
        legislation and administrative actions as the Comptroller 
        General considers appropriate.
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