3.0.0 3656 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z Senate S S 2008-09-30 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-30T20:43:40Z Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008 110 7241 HR 2008-10-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2008-09-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-09-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-09-30 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2008-10-01 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2008-10-01 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-10-01 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2008-10-01 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2008-10-01 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2008-10-01 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-10-01 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2008-10-01 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2008-10-02 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-10-02 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2008-10-02 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2008-10-02 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2008-12-10 False Health Administrative procedure Ambulatory care Appropriations California Clinics Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Family planning and birth control Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Higher education Hospital care Housing and Community Development Identification devices Law Medicaid Medical education Medical personnel Medicare Rural health Social Welfare State laws Terminal care Health 00 2008-09-30 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-26T21:57:45Z Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008 - Declares that between October 1, 2008, and March 31, 2009, specified regulations regarding the formula for determining the federal rate for inpatient hospital capital-related costs under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) shall apply without the mandatory phase out of the indirect medical education adjustment factor.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to delay for six months following enactment of this Act any implementation of the Medicaid outpatient hospital services regulation proposed on September 28, 2007.

Prohibits the Secretary from phasing out or eliminating the Medicare hospice wage index budget neutrality adjustment factor before April 1, 2009.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and upon the request of the state of California, to extend approval, and full federal financial participation, of the state's Medicaid family planning demonstration project until June 30, 2009, under the eligibility requirements and processes that were in place before the project's first extension period.

Directs the Secretary to delay until April 1, 2009, implementation of a proposed rule published on June 27, 2008 (or any similar rule), relating to: (1) decertification of rural health clinics under the Medicare program that are no longer in nonurbanized areas; and (2) changes in the Medicare payment methodology for rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, with regard to mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems, to require states to incorporate compatible methodologies of the National Correct Coding Initiative for claims filed after October 1, 2009. Directs the Secretary to identify such methodologies.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund.

]]> Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008 Display Title Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3656is/xml/BILLS-110s3656is.xml 2008-09-30 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.