US Congress Senate Bill 722 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-7)
Status: Introduced on April 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2089-2090)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. Allows a clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) to conduct the face-to-face encounter with an individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently, 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification period. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospice Payment Reform demonstration program to test any revisions to the methodology for determining payment rates for routine home care and other hospice care services. Sets at every three years the frequency of surveys of certified hospice program entities.

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act

Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2089-2090)
2011-04-04	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2089)

HB3506 (Same As) 2011-11-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/722/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s722/BILLS-112s722is.pdf