[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1476 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1476

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude certain 
   advanced diagnostic imaging services from the in-office ancillary 
   services exception to the prohibition on physician self-referral.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2011

Ms. Speier (for herself and 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 title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude certain 
   advanced diagnostic imaging services from the in-office ancillary 
   services exception to the prohibition on physician self-referral.

    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 ``Integrity in Medicare Advanced 
Diagnostic Imaging Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUDING CERTAIN ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES FROM THE 
              IN-OFFICE ANCILLARY SERVICES EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION 
              ON PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL.

    (a) In General.--Section 1877(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395nn(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``and supplies'' and inserting ``, supplies, and certain 
        advanced diagnostic imaging services''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``For purposes of 
        this paragraph, the term `certain advanced diagnostic imaging 
        services' means diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging, computed 
        tomography, and positron emission tomography, and such other 
        diagnostic imaging services, including services described in 
        section 1848(b)(4)(B) (but excluding X-ray, ultrasound, and 
        fluoroscopy), as specified by the Secretary in consultation 
        with physician specialty organizations and other stakeholders, 
        but does not include imaging services performed for purposes of 
        radiation therapy treatment planning or in conjunction with an 
        interventional radiological procedure or nuclear medicine other 
        than positron emission tomography.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, regardless of when the referral for such services is or was 
made.
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