Section 101 of H.R. 1845 Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012, Public Law 112-242, mandates the establishment, implementation, and evaluation of a three-year Medicare Patient Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) Access Demonstration Project under Part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act. The demonstration project will voluntarily enroll up to 4,000 Medicare beneficiaries who have been diagnosed with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases. The statute also requires providing a report to Congress that will include an evaluation of the impact of the demonstration project on access for Medicare beneficiaries to items and services needed for the in-home administration of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG); an analysis of the appropriateness of implementing a new methodology for payment for IVIG in all care settings under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395k et seq.); and an update to the report entitled ‘Analysis of Supply, Distribution, Demand, and Access Issues Associated with Immune Globulin Intravenous’, issued in February 2007 by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).
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Name of Law: Medeicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012
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