To provide improved payment for certian mammography services.
What it does: Adds SEC. ____. IMPROVED PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES at the end of subtitle B of title IV
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)What it changes
1 change to S. 1 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. ____. IMPROVED PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES at the end of subtitle B of title IV
Adds a sectionIn S. 1 · Reported to Senate
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a). The report shall include recommendations regarding the use of more current data in computing geographic cost of practice indices as well as the use of data directly representative of physicians' costs (rather than proxy measures of such costs).
Inserted: SEC. ____. IMPROVED PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES.
Inserted: (a) Exclusion From OPD Fee Schedule.--Section 1833(t)(1)(B)(iv) (42 U.S.C. 13951(t)(1)(B)(iv)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: "and does not include screening mammography (as defined in section 1861(jj)) and unilateral and bilateral diagnostic mammography".
Inserted: (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to mammography performed on or after January 1, 2004.
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At the end of subtitle B of title IV, add the following:
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SA 967. Mr. BAUCUS (for Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in the medicare program, to provide prescription drug coverage under the medicare program, and for other purposes; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title IV, add the following:
SEC. ____. IMPROVED PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES.
(a) Exclusion From OPD Fee Schedule.--Section 1833(t)(1)(B)(iv) (42 U.S.C. 13951(t)(1)(B)(iv)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “and does not include screening mammography (as defined in section 1861(jj)) and unilateral and bilateral diagnostic mammography”.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to mammography performed on or after January 1, 2004.
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 967 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.(text as modified: CR S8538)
June 25, 2003
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 967 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.(text as modified: CR S8538)
June 25, 2003
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8479, S8538)
June 25, 2003
Amendment SA 967 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S8538)
June 25, 2003
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8386)
June 24, 2003
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8324)
June 23, 2003
Senate amendment submitted
June 20, 2003
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 967 proposed by Senator Baucus for Senator Harkin.(consideration: CR S8290; text: CR S8290)
June 20, 2003
Amendment SA 967 proposed by Senator Baucus for Senator Harkin. (consideration: CR S8290; text: CR S8290) To provide improved payment for certian mammography services.
June 20, 2003