Medicare Home Health Case Manager Act of 1998
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 17, 1998)
Medicare Home Health Case Manager Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to home health services to: (1) require a case management plan established by a home health case manager for beneficiaries requiring extended home health services; and (2) provide for coverage of and payment for home health case manager services under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a fee schedule for payment for home health case manager services; and (2) study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of case managers with respect to Medicare post-acute hospital care services.
What just happenedSep 30, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 17, 1998
- Sep 30, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Sep 17, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Sep 17, 1998IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
- Sep 17, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Sep 17, 1998IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1751)
- Sep 17, 1998IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 17, 1998IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House