HR 2628
106th Congress
House
Health
Case mix (Medical care)
Collection of accounts
Home care services
Medical fees
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Medicare Home Health Services Equity Act of 1999
Introduced: July 27, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 27, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Aug 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 28, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1673-1674)
Jul 27, 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.
Jul 27, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Home Health Services Equity Act of 1999 - Revises the home health interim payment system under the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) and makes such revisions effective as if included in the original enacting legislation, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
Amends SSA title XVIII, as amended by the Tax and Trade Relief Extension Act of 1998, to: (1) deny recoupment of reasonable costs to a home health agency in excess of the applicable per beneficiary limitation; (2) eliminate the automatic 15 percent reduction in payment limits; and (3) revise per visit limits.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1