3.0.0 3116 2019-11-15T21:57:54Z 2019-11-15T21:57:54Z Senate S S 2008-06-11 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-11T21:22:04Z 2008-06-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2008-07-10 False Health Accreditation (Medical care) Ambulatory care Community health services Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health information systems Hospital care Medical fees Medicare Mental health services Social Welfare Health 00 2008-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2008-06-18T20:56:33Z Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2008 - Establishes a moratorium between January 1, 2009, and January 1, 2010, on changes in the Medicare outpatient department (OPD) fee schedule amount established for partial hospital (episode and visit) services.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) establish an accreditation program for community mental health centers providing partial hospitalization services; (2) require a specified reduction in the OPD fee schedule increase factor for any such center that fails to submit required data on its partial hospitalization services; and (3) establish a minimum number of four units of items and services as a requirement for coverage of such services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require fiscal intermediaries under the Medicare program to file the cost reports of providers of partial hospitalization services into the Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS) maintained by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

]]> Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2008 Display Title Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3116is/xml/BILLS-110s3116is.xml 2008-06-11 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.