Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that limitations on Medicare payments for home health services be…
Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the limitations of payment for home health services under the medicare program.
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Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that limitations on Medicare payments for home health services be applied on an aggregate rather than a discipline-specific basis for home health agencies. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in establishing such limitations, to take into account: (1) recent cost data; and (2) changes in costs resulting from changes in billing and verification procedure requirements.
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Who introduced this
Ron Wyden
DemocratU.S. Representative · OR-3
1 cosponsor — all Republican
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