S.Amdt. 3587

1. Strikes section 1107

   Strikes

   In H.R. 4872 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Struck: SEC. 1107. PAYMENT FOR IMAGING SERVICES.

   Struck: Section 1848 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4), as amended by section 3135(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is amended--

   Struck: (1) in subsection (b)(4)--

   Struck: (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking "this paragraph" and inserting "subparagraph (A)"; and

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   Struck: (B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:

   Struck: "(C) Adjustment in imaging utilization rate.--With respect to fee schedules established for 2011 and subsequent years, in the methodology for determining practice expense relative value units for expensive diagnostic imaging equipment under the final rule published by the Secretary in the Federal Register on November 25, 2009 (42 CFR 410 et al.), the Secretary shall use a 75 percent assumption instead of the utilization rates otherwise established in such final rule."; and

   Struck: (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(v), by striking subclauses (III), (IV), and (V) and inserting the following new subclause:

   Struck: "(III) Change in utilization rate for certain imaging services.-- Effective for fee schedules established beginning with 2011, reduced expenditures attributable to the change in the utilization rate applicable to 2011, as described in subsection (b)(4)(C).".

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   Strike section 1107.

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