HR 2246
106th Congress
House
Health
Case management
Case mix (Medical care)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health information systems
Health surveys
Home care services
Medical records
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Medicare Home Health Care Relief Act of 1999
Introduced: June 16, 1999
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 7, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jun 28, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 16, 1999
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.
Jun 16, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Home Health Care Relief Act of 1999 - Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to provide that the Secretary of Health and Human Services may only require the submission of additional home health agency information that the Secretary considers necessary for the development of a reliable case mix system for the slated prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on data collected from home health agency patients that includes, among other things, a determination of whether the integrity of data collected pursuant to the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) is affected by the personal nature of the questions posed by reason of such set.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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