Medicare Home Health Refinement Act of 2000
Title II: Reimbursement of Home Health Agencies for Unfunded PPS Related Costs - Provides that in the case of a home health agency that furnishes home health services to a Medicare beneficiary, for each such beneficiary to whom the agency furnished such services during the agency's cost reporting period beginning in FY 2000, the Secretary shall pay the agency a specified amount from the Medicare trust funds to defray costs incurred by it attributable to technology costs required for compliance with the PPS for home health services.
Title III: Reimbursement of Home Health Agencies for OASIS Labor Costs - Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 to provide for reimbursement for Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) labor costs under the IPS and PPS for home health services.
Title IV: Nonroutine Medical Supplies Furnished by Home Health Agencies - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) exclude nonroutine medical supplies from the PPS for home health services; and (2) require payment of the lesser of the actual charge for such supplies or the amount determined under a fee schedule.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.