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Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2001
Introduced: February 14, 2001
Introduced by:
Collins, Susan M.
Republican
· Maine
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Became law
Feb 14, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 14, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1396-1399)
Feb 14, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to eliminate a specified 15 percent reduction in cost and per beneficiary limits with respect to payment rates for home health services under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS).
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase payment by ten percent for home health services furnished in a rural area on or after April 1, 2001; but prohibits the Secretary from reducing the standard PPS amount (or amounts) applicable to such services furnished during a period to offset the payment increase resulting from such requirement.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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