Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008/Title I/Subtitle C
SUBTITLE C — PROVISIONS RELATING TO PART B
edit- Part I—Physicians' Services
- Sec. 131. Physician Payment, Efficiency, and Quality Improvements.
- Sec. 132. Incentives for Electronic Prescribing.
- Sec. 133. Expanding Access to Primary Care Services.
- Sec. 134. Extension of Floor on Medicare Work Geographic Adjustment Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
- Sec. 135. Imaging Provisions.
- Sec. 136. Extension of Treatment of Certain Physician Pathology Services Under Medicare.
- Sec. 137. Accommodation of Physicians Ordered to Active Duty in the Armed Services.
- Sec. 138. Adjustment for Medicare Mental Health Services.
- Sec. 139. Improvements for Medicare Anesthesia Teaching Programs.
- Part II—Other Payment and Coverage Improvements
- Sec. 141. Extension of Exceptions Process for Medicare Therapy Caps.
- Sec. 142. Extension of Payment Rule for Brachytherapy and Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals.
- Sec. 143. Speech-Language Pathology Services.
- Sec. 144. Payment and Coverage Improvements for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Other Conditions.
- Sec. 145. Clinical Laboratory Tests.
- Sec. 146. Improved Access to Ambulance Services.
- Sec. 147. Extension and Expansion of the Medicare Hold Harmless Provision Under the Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Department (HOPD) Services for Certain Hospitals.
- Sec. 148. Clarification of Payment for Clinical Laboratory Tests Furnished by Critical Access Hospitals.
- Sec. 149. Adding Certain Entities as Originating Sites for Payment of TeleHealth Services.
- Sec. 150. MedPAC Study and Report on Improving Chronic Care Demonstration Programs.
- Sec. 151. Increase of FQHC Payment Limits.
- Sec. 152. Kidney Disease Education and Awareness Provisions.
- Sec. 153. Renal Dialysis Provisions.
- Sec. 154. Delay In and Reform of Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Program.