Osteoporosis (Legislative Issues)

Foundation Applauds Inclusion of Osteoporosis Test In Balanced Budget Act

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 15th, 1997

After an eight-year uphill battle by the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) and other national organization partners to ensure that tests which detect osteoporosis are reimbursed under the Medicare program, President Clinton signed into law the Medicare Bone Mass Measurement Coverage Standardization Act as a provision in the Balanced Budget Act.

The provision sets forth national criteria under which Medicare would cover these bone density diagnostic tests; currently, each Medicare carrier makes its own coverage decision.

Osteoporosis causes 1.5 million fractures annually at a total medical cost of $13.8 billion. Bone density tests are the only...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1997-09-15)

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