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HR 3245 113th Congress House

Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a maximum threshold for episode reimbursement to skilled home health agencies under Medicare.

Introduced: October 4, 2013 See on congress.gov
Health Home and outpatient careMedicare
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Oct 11, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 4, 2013
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.
Oct 4, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 11, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit payments to a skilled home health agency under the prospective payment system for any episode of care to the extent that it exceeds the applicable episode utilization limit established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Specifies the formula for establishing an episode utilization limit for a skilled home health agency.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
Schrader, Kurt
· Jul 8, 2014
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Jun 12, 2014
 R
Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Oct 4, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3245: Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3245/
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"H.R. 3245: Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3245/.
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H.R. 3245, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3245/.
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