US Congress Senate Bill 353 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum:
Status: Introduced on February 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2017 This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend through 2022 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.)

Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2017

Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]

Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]

Sen. Angus King [I-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB3992 (Related) 2017-10-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/353/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s353/BILLS-115s353is.pdf