Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007
Latest action · Dec 3, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 3, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a demonstration project to evaluate new approaches to coding and payment under the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; and (2) appoint a standing panel to determine tests to be included in the project and make recommendations derived from project results to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Amends SSA title XVIII with respect to: (1) correction of erroneous determinations and other changes in fee schedule and national limitation amounts for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; (2) issuance of regulations on gap-filling methodology in determining the Medicare fee schedule for such tests; (3) increased transparency of the process for determining fee schedule amounts for new tests; and (4) mandatory advance notice of clinical diagnostic laboratory test amounts being considered for adjustment under inherent reasonableness authority.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Dec 3, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Dec 3, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1321 | Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007 | Related bill | Mar 13, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve payments under the Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services
- DNA
- Federal advisory bodies
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Medical fees
- Medical laboratories
- Medical tests
- Medicare
- Molecular biology
- Proteins
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2007Introduced in Senate
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