3.0.0 2983 2023-01-14T22:48:30Z 2023-01-14T22:48:30Z Senate S S 2004-11-16 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-11-16T20:48:13Z 2004-11-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2004-11-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11381) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-11-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N Health Access to health care Case management Chronically ill Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Government trust funds Health education Home care services Housing and Community Development Managed care Medical economics Medical fees Medicare Mental health services Nurse practitioners Nursing homes Physicians' assistants Quality of care Respite care Rural health Social Welfare Terminal care Urban affairs Urban areas Health 00 2004-11-16 Introduced in Senate 2004-12-06T22:07:05Z Medicare Hospice Demonstration Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish Hospice Demonstration Projects to increase the utility of Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) hospice services for seriously ill Medicare beneficiaries. Includes a supportive and comfort care benefit within such program. Requires the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects in between three and six sites. Sets forth the criteria for selecting such sites, including geographic diversity and accessibility. Requires special rules for adjusting payment to any Medicare+Choice (SSA title XVIII part C) organization offering a Medicare+Choice plan to reflect an enrolled member's participation in such a project.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Hospice Education Grant program under which the Secretary awards education grants to entities participating in the demonstration projects for the purpose of providing information about the Medicare hospice benefit and the benefits available to Medicare beneficiaries under the demonstration projects.

]]> Medicare Hospice Demonstration Act of 2004 Display Title Medicare Hospice Demonstration Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish hospice demonstration projects and a hospice grant program for beneficiaries under the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Hospice Demonstration Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-11-16T05:00:00Z 2004-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.