New CARE Bill (H.R. 3652) Introduced in the House of Representatives

The Alliance for Quality Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, of which SVU is a member, has announced a new “Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence (CARE) Bill (H.R. 3652) was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. John Barrow (D-GA).

The purpose of the bill is to amend the Public Health Service Act and Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatment safer, more accurate and less costly. It has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, as well as the House Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of those provisions that fall within the jurisdiction of the concerned committees.

The members of the Alliance will now be working on obtaining co-sponsors of the bill. At some point SVU will be contacting its members to urge them to contact their U.S. Representative to sign-on as a co-sponsor of the legislation.