Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2019
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 30, 2019)
Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2019
This bill establishes a specific benefit category (i.e., classification) for complex rehabilitation technology items under Medicare.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must set payment for such items in accordance with a specified methodology that includes certain clinical conditions and quality standards. The bill also excludes such items from Medicare's competitive acquisition program (in which rates are set through a competitive bidding program rather than by an established fee schedule).
The bill defines complex rehabilitation technology item to include complex rehabilitation manual and power wheelchairs, specialized seating and positioning items, and adaptive equipment such as standing frames and gait trainers, including associated accessories.
What just happenedMay 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 30, 2019
- May 1, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 30, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 - Apr 30, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 - Apr 30, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House