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Access
to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
UPDATE: Senator Rockefeller introduces “Access to Medicare
Imaging Act” in Senate. Contact your Senators TODAY!
S. 1338/H.R. 1293: Establishes a two-year moratorium on Medicare
physician payment reductions for certain diagnostic imaging services
(including DXA, bone mineral density scans).
Click here to read more and help protect
patient access to osteoporosis testing
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The mission of the National
Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) is to
prevent osteoporosis, to promote
lifelong bone health, to help
improve the lives of those affected
by osteoporosis and related
fractures, and to find a cure.
NOF achieves its mission through
programs of awareness, public and
health professional education,
advocacy and research.
NOF has identified
key policy issues to help
osteoporosis patients and those at
risk. Priorities include:
Creation of a
national action plan
To
elevate osteoporosis and bone health
on the national health agenda and
implement the recent Surgeon
General’s Report on Bone Health and
Osteoporosis, NOF advocates for
federal support for the creation of
a national action plan for bone
health and osteoporosis.
Access to quality
osteoporosis care
To ensure
osteoporosis patients and those at
risk for the disease have access to
medications, testing and treatment
options, NOF advocates for
comprehensive private and public
health insurance coverage.
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Supports
legislation that would provide
for a two-year moratorium on the
reimbursement reductions for
certain imaging services. (HR
1293 – Access to Medicare
Imaging Act of 2006).
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Supports Medicare
coverage of bone density tests
for all individuals at clinical
risk for osteoporosis. (H.R.
2340 -
Medicare Osteoporosis
Measurement Act of 2007).
Comprehensive
prevention and education
Increased research
funding
In an
effort to find a cure for
osteoporosis and improve the quality
of life for those with the disease,
NOF advocates for increased funding
for the National Institutes of
Health. In addition, NOF advocates
for expanded programs and increased
funding for those institutes that
fund osteoporosis and bone research
as well as for the Department of
Defense bone research programs.
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Supports
providing a 6.7 percent increase
over the FY 2007 Joint
Resolution for the National
Institutes of Health and the
National Institute of Arthritis
and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases, the lead institute for
bone research.
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Supports
increased funding for the
Department of Defense research
programs on osteoporosis and
bone health.
