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HR 3108 105th Congress House Health Home care services Medical fees Medicare Social Welfare

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to correct inequities in payments to home health agencies for home health services under the interim payment system.

Introduced: January 27, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Feb 11, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 2, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 27, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Jan 27, 1998
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.
Jan 27, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 27, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, with respect to the interim system of limited payments for home health services provided by home health agencies, to make: (1) calendar year 1994, instead of FY 1994, the base year for payment determinations with regard to such services for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1997; and (2) the freeze in costs under such Act for cost reporting periods beginning after September 30, 1997, inapplicable to such interim system.

What's happening now February 11, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jan 27, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3108: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to correct inequities in payments to home health agencies for home health services under the interim payment system.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3108/
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"H.R. 3108: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to correct inequities in payments to home health agencies for home health services under the interim payment system.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3108/.
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H.R. 3108, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3108/.
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