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S 839 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: March 23, 2015 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1711-1712)
Mar 23, 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 calendar 2020 the payment increase (add-on) for Medicare home health services in rural areas.

The ceiling on the total amount of the additional payments or payment adjustments otherwise made in the case of home health outliers with respect to a fiscal year or year is lowered, in the case of each of 2016 through 2020, from 2.5% to 2.25% of the total payments projected or estimated to be made under the prospective payment system for home health services.

What's happening now March 23, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1711-1712)

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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 23, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 839: Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-839/
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"S. 839: Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-839/.
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S. 839, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-839/.
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