Medicare Home Health Rebasing Relief and Reassessment Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 9, 2014)
Medicare Home Health Rebasing Relief and Reassessment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the system for prospective payments for home health services, to suspend for a 12-month period a specified adjustment to (rebasing of) Medicare home health prospective payment amounts.
Revises the home health outlier adjustment to equal not to exceed 2.25% (currently, 2.5%) for 2015 through 2023.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study alternative methods for determining the appropriate adjustment for 2014 and subsequent years to the prospective payment for home health services, including methods offered by stakeholders.
What just happenedMay 16, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 9, 2014
- May 16, 2014Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 9, 2014IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 9, 2014IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 9, 2014IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 9, 2014IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House