3.0.0 2727 2022-02-03T05:11:10Z 2022-02-03T05:11:10Z Senate S S 2008-03-06 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-06T17:40:39Z Preserving Access to Hospice (PATH) Act of 2008 110 5542 HR 2008-03-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2008-03-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2008-03-06 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2008-03-06 True S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2008-03-06 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2008-03-06 True Health Governmental investigations Medical fees Medicare Quality of care Social Welfare Terminal care Health 00 2008-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-20T15:41:33Z Preserving Access to Hospice (PATH) Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary moratorium, from November 1, 2005, through October 31, 2008, on enforcement of the hospice cap amount.

Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report on: (1) the resource effectiveness and quality of hospice care as a substitute benefit for other acute care alternatives under Medicare; (2) the optimal median and average length of stay in hospice care under Medicare; (3) the reasons for persistently low median and average length of such stays; and (4) the desirability of requiring a national coverage determination of eligibility for hospice care under Medicare.

]]> Preserving Access to Hospice (PATH) Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Preserving Access to Hospice (PATH) Act of 2008 Display Title Preserving Access to Hospice (PATH) Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary moratorium on enforcement of the cap amount on payments for hospice care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2727is/xml/BILLS-110s2727is.xml 2008-03-06 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.