House
Mar 13, 2002

To provide for equitable reimbursement rates under the Medicare Program for thin prep pap smears tests.

Summary

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Amends the Social Security Act to establish $28 as the national minimum payment for a diagnostic or screening pap smear laboratory test furnished in 2002 for which a claim is billed under the Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). (Currently such payment must be determined according to a specified formula).

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Introduced(3/4/02)
Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
President
Law

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WL

Mr. LUTHER

(D) MN – 6

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 13, 2002