Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5492 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5492 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment for services of radiologist assistants under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 11, 2024 Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Lujan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment for services of radiologist assistants under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Radiologist assistants are advanced-level radiographers who are critically important members of th…