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S 1123 111th Congress Senate

Medicare Rural Home Health Preservation Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to provide for a five-year payment increase under the Medicare program for home health services furnished in a rural area.

Introduced: May 21, 2009 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
Health Home and outpatient careMedicareRural conditions and development
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May 21, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 21, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5825)
May 21, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 21, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Rural Home Health Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to require for episodes and visits ending on or after January 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2015, a 5% increase in the rate of payment under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for home health services furnished in a rural area.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1123: Medicare Rural Home Health Preservation Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1123/
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"S. 1123: Medicare Rural Home Health Preservation Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1123/.
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S. 1123, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1123/.
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