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S 1053 113th 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 of 2013

Introduced: May 23, 2013 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3852)
May 23, 2013
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 - 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 the individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospital 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 programs.

What's happening now May 23, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3852)

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