S 722 112th Congress Senate Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act

Introduced: April 4, 2011 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

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Apr 4, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2089-2090)

Apr 4, 2011

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2089)

Apr 4, 2011

Introduced in Senate

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 April 4, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2089-2090)

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