Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
Summary
Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021 This bill specifies that certain Medicare payment rules applicable to imaging services shall apply to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry services used in bone mass scans beginning in 2022. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish national minimum payment amounts for such services.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 25, 2021
Last action May 26, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
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Committee
2
May 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
May 25, 2021
Committee
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.
lower
May 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 74 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John B. Larson
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Smith
RRepublican
Co
Al Lawson, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
Co
Antonio Delgado
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Bill Posey
RRepublican
Co
Brad R. Wenstrup
RRepublican
Co
Brian Babin
RRepublican
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