3.0.0 3684 2019-11-15T21:52:19Z 2019-11-15T21:52:19Z Senate S S 2012-12-17 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-12-17T20:35:01Z Equity and Access for Podiatric Physicians Under Medicaid Act 112 3364 HR 2011-11-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2012-12-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2012-12-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. N Health Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Hospital care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Nursing Health 00 2012-12-17 Introduced in Senate 2013-02-14T20:51:39Z Senior Navigation and Planning Act of 2012 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare and Medicaid coverage of advanced illness care coordination services.

Amends the Public Health Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), directly or through grants, to conduct a national public education campaign to: (1) raise public awareness of the importance of planning for care through the life cycle and as illness progress; (2) explain the need for readily available legal documents and medical orders that express an individual's wishes through advance directives and other planning tools; and (3) educate the public about the availability of advanced illness care, palliative care, and hospice care.

Directs the Secretary to provide for multiple, innovative communications resources, including a toll-free information line, that the public and health care professionals may access to find out state-specific information regarding advance directives and end-of-life decisions.

Includes advanced care planning materials in the "Medicare and You Handbook."

Directs the Secretary to establish the Senior Navigation Advisory Board.

Requires that a service provider, Medicare+Choice organization, or prepaid or eligible organization maintain written policies and procedures with respect to all adult individuals receiving medical care by or through them to provide each individual with the opportunity to discuss issues relating to the information provided to that individual on the individual's rights with an appropriately trained professional.

Requires a service provider, Medicare Advantage organization, or prepaid or eligible organization to give effect to an advance directive or order validy executed outside the state in which such directive is presented (portability).

Imposes similar requirements for facilities.

Directs the Secretary to study the extent to which the assessment of individuals by hospitals, skilled nursing facililties, hospice programs, home health agencies, and applicable providers of advanced illlness care coordination services accurately reflects the actual diagnosis and care plan, including care coordination, of the individual at the time of discharge.

Provides incentive payments to hospitals for accreditation and certification in hospice and palliative care.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot program under Medicare to test the use of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services discharge checklist.

Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain a website that provides information, online training, and instructional materials for entities on advance care planning.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to entities to develop and provide services for terminally ill individuals who are receiving hospice care in their own homes.

Directs the Secretary to study state and regional activities with respect to storing advance directives and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, and the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the provisions of this Act and their asociated quality and costs (such as individual and family experience, individual understanding of treatment choices, and any decrease in avoidable hospital admissions).

]]> Senior Navigation and Planning Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Senior Navigation and Planning Act of 2012 Display Title Senior Navigation and Planning Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for advanced illness care coordination services for Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3684is/xml/BILLS-112s3684is.xml 2012-12-17 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.