[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2347 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2347

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued 
    access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2012

Mr. Cardin (for himself and Mr. Vitter) 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 ensure the continued 
    access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic 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 ``Diagnostic Imaging Services Access 
Protection Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR IMAGING SERVICES.

    Section 1848(b)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
4(b)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Limitation on application of multiple 
                procedure payment reduction.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall not 
                        apply a multiple procedure payment reduction 
                        policy to the professional component of imaging 
                        services--
                                    ``(I) furnished on or after the 
                                date that is 60 days after the date of 
                                the enactment of this subparagraph and 
                                before January 1, 2013; or
                                    ``(II) furnished in 2013 or a 
                                subsequent year unless the reduction is 
                                based on the analysis of an expert 
                                panel on diagnostic imaging services 
                                convened by the Institute of Medicine.
                            ``(ii) Request.--The Secretary shall 
                        request that the Institute of Medicine convene 
                        the expert panel described in clause (i)(II) 
                        and conduct an analysis of the appropriateness 
                        of applying a multiple procedure payment 
                        reduction policy to the professional component 
                        of imaging services under this part.
                            ``(iii) Requirement for analysis.--In 
                        preparing the analysis described in clause 
                        (ii), the Institute of Medicine shall consult 
                        with national medical specialty societies with 
                        expertise in the field of diagnostic imaging 
                        services.''.
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