Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 25, 2017)
Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to use an individual's medical record from a home-health agency, as appropriate, to support certification of such individual's Medicare eligibility for home-health services.
The bill requires the CMS to establish a process for home-health agencies that are entitled to an administrative appeal after being denied eligibility for Medicare reimbursement to, instead, enter into a settlement with the CMS.
What just happenedJun 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 25, 2017
- Jun 7, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - May 26, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - May 25, 2017IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - May 25, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
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 25, 2017IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - May 25, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 25, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House