US Congress Senate Bill 1211 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill 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.

A bill 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.

Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB1250 (Same As) 2015-03-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1211/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1211/BILLS-114s1211is.pdf