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S 2389 114th Congress Senate Health Health care coverage and access Home and outpatient care Medicare Rural conditions and development

Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2015

Introduced: December 10, 2015 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Dec 10, 2015
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Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2015

This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend through 2021 the rural add-on, which is a payment increase for Medicare home health services furnished to patients in rural areas.

The bill also amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to lower, for FY2018-FY2022, the annual ceiling on the home health outlier adjustment, which is a payment increase for home health services furnished to the costliest Medicare beneficiaries, from 2.5% to 2.25% of the total Medicare payments projected to be made under the prospective payment system for home health services. (Under the Medicare prospective payment system, payment is made according to a predetermined, fixed amount.)

What's happening now December 10, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8604-8605)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1