US SB2389 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8604-8605)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on December 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8604-8605)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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 2021 the rural add-on, which is a payment increase for Medicare home health services furnished to patients in rural areas. The bill also amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to lower, for FY2018-FY2022, the annual ceiling on the home health outlier adjustment, which is a payment increase for home health services furnished to the costliest Medicare beneficiaries, from 2.5% to 2.25% of the total Medicare payments projected to be made under the prospective payment system for home health services. (Under the Medicare prospective payment system, payment is made according to a predetermined, fixed amount.)
Title
Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2015
Sponsors
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME] | Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-12-10 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8604-8605) |
Same As/Similar To
SB839 (Related) 2015-03-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1711-1712)
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2389/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2389/BILLS-114s2389is.pdf |