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AR SB888
Bill
Status
4/16/2013
Primary Sponsor
Cecile Bledsoe
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AI Summary
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Requires insurance companies, hospital service corporations, health maintenance organizations, and other health insurers to reimburse digital mammography services using Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) G codes effective January 1, 2014
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Sets minimum reimbursement rate for digital mammography at 1.5 times the Medicare reimbursement rate for those codes
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Maintains this reimbursement requirement until a Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code is established for digital mammography
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Identifies limited access to digital mammography in rural Arkansas due to increased equipment costs and time requirements combined with inadequate payment rates
Legislative Description
To Provide Parity For Mammography Services Reimbursement.
Last Action
Notification that SB888 is now Act 1259
4/16/2013