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HR 3506 112th Congress House Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act

Introduced: November 22, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Nov 29, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 25, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 22, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Nov 22, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. Allows a clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) to conduct the face-to-face encounter with an individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently, 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification period.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospice Payment Reform demonstration program to test any revisions to the methodology for determining payment rates for routine home care and other hospice care services.

Sets at every three years the frequency of surveys of certified hospice program entities.

What's happening now November 29, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 9 Republican 4