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HR 2573 116th Congress House

Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program.

Introduced: July 30, 2019 Introduced by: Sewell, Terri A. Democratic · Alabama See on congress.gov
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May 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 8, 2019
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 8, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 9, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019

This bill makes a series of changes relating to payment and coverage of home health services under Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA).

Specifically, the bill allows the home-confinement requirement (also known as the homebound requirement) for home health services to be waived under Medicare and MA. Currently, as a condition of eligibility for such services, a physician must certify that an individual has difficulty leaving home without assistance (e.g., a wheelchair, special transportation, or help from another person) due to an illness or injury.

The bill also alters the payment methodology under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services, including by eliminating the requirement that such methodology include certain behavioral assumptions regarding the implementation of specified changes to units of payment and case-mix adjustment factors.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 149
All 149 Democratic 44 Republican 40
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Dec 31, 2020
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Frankel, Lois
Florida · Jul 6, 2020
Axne, Cynthia
· May 14, 2020
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Feb 13, 2020
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Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jan 13, 2020
 R
Estes, Ron
Kansas · Jan 13, 2020
Gonzalez, Anthony
· Dec 12, 2019
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Dec 12, 2019
 R
Guest, Michael
Mississippi · Dec 12, 2019
Johnson, Bill
· Dec 12, 2019
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Dec 12, 2019
 R
Waltz, Michael
Florida · Dec 12, 2019
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Nov 18, 2019
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Nov 8, 2019
Blumenauer, Earl
· Nov 8, 2019
 D
Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Nov 8, 2019
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Nov 8, 2019
Hice, Jody
· Nov 8, 2019
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Nov 8, 2019
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Scott, David
Georgia · Nov 8, 2019
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Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Oct 29, 2019
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Crow, Jason
Colorado · Oct 29, 2019
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Oct 29, 2019
McKinley, David
· Oct 29, 2019
Rooney, Francis
· Oct 29, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 29, 2019
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Oct 18, 2019
Cartwright, Matt
· Oct 18, 2019
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Oct 18, 2019
 D
Davids, Sharice
Kansas · Oct 18, 2019
Deutch, Theodore
· Oct 18, 2019
DOYLE, MIKE
· Oct 18, 2019
Gohmert, Louie
· Oct 18, 2019
Kennedy, Joseph
· Oct 18, 2019
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Oct 18, 2019
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 8, 2019
Brooks, Susan
· Oct 8, 2019
Butterfield, G. K.
· Oct 8, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 8, 2019
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Oct 8, 2019
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Oct 8, 2019
Davis, Rodney
· Oct 8, 2019
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 8, 2019
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Oct 8, 2019
 R
Higgins, Clay
Louisiana · Oct 8, 2019
Keller, Fred
· Oct 8, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 8, 2019
Luetkemeyer, Blaine
· Oct 8, 2019
Luria, Elaine
· Oct 8, 2019
Maloney, Sean
· Oct 8, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2573: Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2573/
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