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HR 2663 115th Congress House Health Administrative remedies Home and outpatient care Medicare

Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017

Introduced: May 25, 2017 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 25, 2017
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.
May 25, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to use an individual's medical record from a home-health agency, as appropriate, to support certification of such individual's Medicare eligibility for home-health services.

The bill requires the CMS to establish a process for home-health agencies that are entitled to an administrative appeal after being denied eligibility for Medicare reimbursement to, instead, enter into a settlement with the CMS.

What's happening now June 7, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4