Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Legislators seek to increase DXA reimbursement

 

In an effort to protect patient access to osteoporosis testing, lawmakers have introduced the Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009 to reverse the cuts in Medicare for dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

Sens. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, introduced the Senate version, S. 769, and Reps. Shelley Berkley, D-N.V., and Michael Burgess, R-Texas, introduced the House version, H.R. 1894.....

Legislators seek to increase DXA reimbursement

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