3.0.0 3978 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z Senate S S 2010-11-19 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-11-19T20:39:28Z Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2009 111 1094 HR 2009-02-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2010-11-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2010-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2010-12-07 False Health Allied health services Home and outpatient care Medicare Health 00 2010-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2010-12-21T20:35:13Z Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2010 - Permits a home health agency to determine the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for an individual who: (1) is eligible for home health services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; but (2) does not require skilled nursing care as long as that skilled service is included as part of the plan of care for such services.

Permits an occupational therapist to make the initial assessment visit in such a case if occupational therapy is included in such plan in the initial physician referral in conjunction with physical therapy or speech language pathology services.

]]> Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2010 Display Title Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that home health agencies can assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for Medicare beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy under a home health plan of care, based upon physician referral. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3978is/xml/BILLS-111s3978is.xml 2010-11-19 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.