S 4605
117th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022
Introduced: July 25, 2022
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 25, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 25, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022
This bill restricts the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from decreasing payments for Medicare home health services based on certain adjustments until 2026.
Current law requires the CMS to make certain permanent and temporary payment adjustments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services based on behavioral assumptions for 2020 through 2026. The bill restricts the CMS from making adjustments that decrease payments until 2026; the CMS must also ensure that any such necessary decreases are made before 2032.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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