WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Imaging systems in medicine

H.R. 6821, The Medicare Imaging Disclosure Sunshine Act of 2008

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6821 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a disclosure requirement under the Medicare Program for physicians referring for imaging services....

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S. 3343, The Medicare Imaging Disclosure Sunshine Act of 2008

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3343 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a disclosure requirement under the Medicare program for physicians referring for imaging services....

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P.L. 110-275, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.29

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6331 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, it would improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, it would enhance low-income benefit programs, and it would maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3101, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $18.14

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3101 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3118, The Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $25.55

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3118 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas....

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H.R. 6212, The Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6212 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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P.L. 110-374, The Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.18

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1810 would amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions....

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H.R. 5032, The Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5032 would ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion....

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H.R. 4879, The Virtual Screening for Cancer Act of 2007

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4879 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal screening test for purposes of coverage under the Medicare Program....

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S. 2407, The Pregnant Women Support Act

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2407 would provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents....

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S. 2075, The Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2075 would ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion....

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H.R. 3563, The PRIME Act of 2007

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3563 would provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education....

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S. 898, The Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $23.51

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 898 would amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention....

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H.R. 3162, The Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1014.72

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3162 would amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program....

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H.R. 3192, The Pregnant Women Support Act

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3192 would provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents....

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H.R. 3112, The Prenatally Diagnosed Condition Awareness Act of 2007

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3112 would amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions....

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H.R. 2900, The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $76.91

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2900 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, and it would enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs....

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S. 1734, The PRIME Act

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1734 would provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education....

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H.R. 2931, The Osteoporosis Early Detection and Prevention Act of 2007

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2931 would amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for qualified individuals for bone mass measurement (bone density testing) to prevent fractures associated with osteoporosis....

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H.R. 2708, The Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2007

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2708 would amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for annual screening mammography for women 40 years of age or older and for such screening and annual magnetic resonance imaging for women at high risk for breast cancer if the coverage or plans include coverage for diagnostic mammography for women 40 years of age or older....

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H.R. 2340, The Medicare Osteoporosis Measurement Act of 2007

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2340 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand coverage of bone mass measurements under part B of the Medicare Program to all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis....

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S. 1338, The Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1338 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a two-year moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for imaging services....

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S. 1082, The Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $72.91

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1082 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions....

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S. 1042, The Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1042 would amend the Public Health Service Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly....

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S. 1056, The National Cancer Act of 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1056 would provide for a comprehensive Federal effort relating to early detection of, treatments for, and the prevention of cancer....

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