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Medicare Home Health Care Restoration Act of 1999

Introduced: June 24, 1999 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Jul 13, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jul 1, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 24, 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 24, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Home Health Care Restoration Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) repeal the interim system of payments for home health services; (2) restore the amount of the pre-Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97) per visit payments that may be made under Medicare with respect to services furnished by home health agencies; (3) eliminate the scheduled 15 percent reduction in payment amounts under the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services; and (4) provide for various specified repeals of freezes and reductions in home health services-related payment updates.

Amends BBA '97 to: (1) eliminate the 15 percent contingent reduction under the PPS for home health services under Medicare; and (2) restore periodic interim payments to home health agencies.

What's happening now July 13, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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