To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the interim payment system for home health care furnished to Medicare beneficiaries.
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 16, 1998)
Amends part D (Miscellaneous Provisions) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97), to revise reasonable cost requirements for the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies, especially with regard to per beneficiary cost limits and efficiency standards.
Amends BBA '97 with regard to the establishment of a prospective payment system (PPS) for such services to provide that if the Secretary of Health and Human Services does not establish such PPS for specified applicable cost reporting periods, the Secretary shall, for such periods, apply applicable limits under Medicare's reasonable cost requirements as they would otherwise be in effect. Repeals the current requirement that, during such a period, existing limits be reduced by 15 percent.
What just happenedAug 17, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 16, 1998
- Aug 17, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jul 30, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jul 16, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jul 16, 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.
- Jul 16, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 16, 1998IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 16, 1998IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House