title: Medicare program; Medicare coverage of and payment for bone mass measurements--HCFA. Interim final rule with comment period.
abstract: This interim final rule with comment period provides for uniform coverage of, and payment for, bone mass measurements for certain Medicare beneficiaries for services furnished on or after July 1, 1998. It implements provisions in section 4106(a) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
mesh_terms: D015519:Bone Density; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003720:Densitometry / Q000191:economics; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000191:economics*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D016345:Medicare Part B / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States