H.R. 2218 · 109th Congress
Medicare Laboratory Services Access Act of 2005
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Phil English
- Introduced
- 2005-05-10
- Latest action
- 2005-05-23 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Medical Laboratory Services Access Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to fee schedules for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and the Medicare laboratory specimen collection fee. Sets such fee at $5.78 for 2006, and the same adjusted for inflation in subsequent years, to cover the appropriate cost of collecting the sample on which a clinical diagnostic laboratory test was performed and for which payment is made.