H.R. 5088106th CongressHouse Bill

Breast Imaging Goes High Tech in the Future for Women Act (BRIGHT Future for Women Act)

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Breast Imaging Goes High Tech in the Future for Women Act (BRIGHT Future for Women Act) - Declares that the fee schedule amount otherwise applicable to digital mammography (including a physician's interpretation of procedure results) under part B of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act shall be: (1) for digital mammography performed in 2001, $130 (subject to geographic adjustment); or (2) for digital mammography performed in a subsequent year, the amount established for the preceding year adjusted by the percentage increase in the Medicare Economic Index (MEI). Provides for annual adjustments and waives the current limit on such payments.

Introduced Jul 27, 2000
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E Shaw

Republican

U.S. Representative · FL-22

Introduced solo — no cosponsors joined.

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