US Congress House Bill 1250 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds, and for other purposes. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit payment at the applicable site neutral payment rate for discharges in a cost reporting period beginning before October 1, 2017, from subsection (d) hospitals and certain long-term care hospitals that involve certain severe wounds. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall study the treatment needs of individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance), or enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), requiring specialized wound care, and the cost, for such individual, and the Medicare program of treating severe wounds in rural and urban areas.

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds, and for other purposes.

Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-04	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-03-04	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-03-04	House	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.
2015-03-04	House	Introduced in House

SB1211 (Same As) 2015-05-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1250/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1250/BILLS-114hr1250ih.pdf