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H.R. 3835 (107th): To provide for equitable reimbursement rates under the Medicare Program for thin prep pap smears tests.

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The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress, and was published on Mar 4, 2002.


Amends the Social Security Act to establish $28 as the national minimum payment for a diagnostic or screening pap smear laboratory test furnished in 2002 for which a claim is billed under the Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). (Currently such payment must be determined according to a specified formula).