A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for procedures and payment limitations with respect to the furnishing of cardiac pacemakers in order to achieve cost savings for the medicare program, improve the quality of patient care, and insure against fraud and abuse, and for other purposes.
Medicare Pacemaker Payment Reform and Patient Protection Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to reduce the reimbursement: (1) for new cardiac pacemakers by 15 percent; (2) for replacement cardiac pacemakers by 25 percent; and (3) for payments to physicians for cardiac pacemaker implantations and monitoring by 25 percent. Prohibits coverage for the expenses, in any 12 month period, of routine monitoring of a cardiac pacemaker or pacemaker lead in excess of six transtelephonic monitorings, or in excess of four monitorings at a physician's office.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Administrator of the Food and Drug Administration, to provide for a registry of all cardiac pacemaker devices and pacemaker leads for which payment under title XVIII was made.
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on diagnosis-related group type reimbursement for physicians' services related to cardiac pacemaker device implantation.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 98-442 (Part I).
Became Public Law No: 98-369.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Hearings Held by Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Prior to Referral (July 18, 83).
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Hearings Held by Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Prior to Referral on (Jul 18, 83).
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
See H.R.4136.
See H.R.4170.
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