S 2566
117th Congress
Senate
Health
Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 29, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2021
This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model under which blood transfusions furnished to an individual receiving hospice care are paid separately from the hospice all-inclusive per diem payment under Medicare. The CMMI must evaluate the model by comparing patients participating in the model with those outside of the model in relation to specified metrics, such as hospital utilization and days of hospice care before the end of life.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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