3.0.0 3265 2019-11-15T21:57:55Z 2019-11-15T21:57:55Z Senate S S 2008-07-15 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-15T19:14:26Z 2008-07-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD N Health Access to health care Home care services Medical fees Medicare Social Welfare Health 00 2008-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-15T16:01:52Z Ensuring Home Health Care for Seniors Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services.

Establishes a new formula for payment of such services (other than a covered osteoporosis drug) as the lesser of: (1) the reasonable cost of such services; or (2) the customary charges for them.

Requires such services to be free of charge or at only a nominal charge if they are furnished by a public service provider or by another provider a significant portion of whose patients are low-income.

]]> Ensuring Home Health Care for Seniors Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Ensuring Home Health Care for Seniors Act of 2008 Display Title Ensuring Home Health Care for Seniors Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of home health services on a reasonable cost basis. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3265is/xml/BILLS-110s3265is.xml 2008-07-15 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.