Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 5/9/2019
Actions
- 2019-05-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-05-08Referred 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.
- 2019-05-08Referred 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.
- 2019-05-08Introduced in House
- 2019-05-08Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-05-08 (00)
Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019
This bill makes a series of changes relating to payment and coverage of home health services under Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA).
Specifically, the bill allows the home-confinement requirement (also known as the homebound requirement) for home health services to be waived under Medicare and MA. Currently, as a condition of eligibility for such services, a physician must certify that an individual has difficulty leaving home without assistance (e.g., a wheelchair, special transportation, or help from another person) due to an illness or injury.
The bill also alters the payment methodology under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services, including by eliminating the requirement that such methodology include certain behavioral assumptions regarding the implementation of specified changes to units of payment and case-mix adjustment factors.
Cosponsors (20)
- Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
- Ralph Abraham (R-LA)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- JOHN LARSON (D-CT)
- Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
- Garret Graves (R-LA)
- Jodey Arrington (R-TX)
- WILLIAM THORNBERRY (R-TX)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- WILLIAM PASCRELL (D-NJ)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Mark Green (R-TN)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA)
- Lance Gooden (R-TX)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Government information and archives
- Health care costs and insurance
- Home and outpatient care
- Medicare
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