Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015

1020

114th Congress

In Committee

Summary

Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished: (1) after a specified date in the year this Act is enacted; or (2) in any subsequent year before the Secretary conducts and publishes, as part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for a year, an analysis of the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Data Manager information used to determine what, if any, efficiencies exist within the professional component of imaging services when two or more studies are performed on the same patient on the same day.

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H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015, all provisions S. 141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015, all provisions S. 843, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 2102, Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015, all provisions S. 1131, Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 976, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 2513, Promoting Access, Competition, and Equity Act of 2015 (PACE Act), all provisions S. 488, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs, all provisions H.R. 1936, Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act, all provisions H.R. 2519, Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 3081, TELEmedicine for MEDicare Act of 2015 (TELE-MED Act of 2015), all provisions H.R. 2568, Fair Medical Audits Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 3309, Further Flexibility in HIT Reporting and Advancing Interoperability Act (Flex-IT 2 Act), all provisions H.R. 270, Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 3100, Medical Practice Freedom Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act, all provisions H.R. 2502, Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 592, Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act, all provisions H.R. 3220, Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 1117, Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2015, all provisions S. 1148, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015, provisions relating to physician payment and delivery reform S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015, provisions relating to physician payment and delivery reform H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, provisions relating to Medicare sequester H.R. 2146, Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act, provisions relating to Medicare sequester S. 1020, Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015, all provisions Audit & Appeal Fairness Medicare program: Medicare Advantage market transparency/beneficiary and provider protections Medicare program: Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) implementation Medicare program; Merit-based incentive models Medicare program: Alternative payment models Medicare program: Independent Payment Advisory Board Repeal (IPAB) Medicare program: Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Medicare program: Meaningful Use, Certification, Interoperability Roadmap Medicare program: In-office Ancillary Services Exception Medicare program: Graduate Medical Education Medicare program: Electronic Health Records (EHR)/Meaningful Use (MU) Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Medicare program: Two-Midnights Rule/Policy Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models Medicare program: Diabetes Medicare program: Sunshine Act/CME, reprints and medical textbooks Medicare program: Prescription Drug Diversion Medicare program: Medicare physician data Medicare program: Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) Medicare program: Misvalued Codes Medicare program: Part B Drugs Medicare program: Chronic Care Medicare program: Sequestration Medicare program: Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) Medicare program: Provider payments Medicare program: Local Coverage Decisions Medicare program: Enterprise Identity Management (EIDM) implementation Medicare program: Regulatory burdens Medicare program: Codes for drug abuse testing Medicare program: Physician Quality Reporting Program/Value-based Modifier/Physician Compare Medicare program: Diagnostic Coding Medicare and Medicaid programs: Nomination of Andrew Slavitt to be CMS Administrator Medicare and Medicaid programs: ICD-10 Medicare and Medicaid programs: Laboratory Developed Tests oversight and regulation Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) implementation