Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2015
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 23, 2015)
Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2015
This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend through calendar 2020 the payment increase (add-on) for Medicare home health services in rural areas.
The ceiling on the total amount of the additional payments or payment adjustments otherwise made in the case of home health outliers with respect to a fiscal year or year is lowered, in the case of each of 2016 through 2020, from 2.5% to 2.25% of the total payments projected or estimated to be made under the prospective payment system for home health services.
What just happenedMar 23, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1711-1712)
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMar 23, 2015
- Mar 23, 2015IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1711-1712)
Finance Committee - Mar 23, 2015IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate