S. 947 · 111th Congress
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2009
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Blanche Lincoln
- Introduced
- 2009-04-30
- Latest action
- 2009-04-30 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment shall be made to the laboratory, and not as an inpatient hospital or hospital outpatient service for which payment is made to the hospital.