3.0.0 659 2019-02-20T23:02:10Z 2019-02-24T02:59:00Z Senate S S 2011-03-29 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-29T15:05:19Z 2011-03-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-03-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1934-1935) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2011-03-29 True Health Advisory bodies Home and outpatient care Medicare Health 00 2011-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-16T21:16:30Z Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services and adjustments to it for case mix changes.

Requires for 2012 and each subsequent year that any evaluation of case mix changes and any such adjustment be made using standards developed consistent with specified processes, taking certain criteria into account.

Directs the Secretary to convene a Technical Advisory Group to advise on the development of such standards.

]]> Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2011 Display Title Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect Medicare beneficiaries' access to home health services under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s659is/xml/BILLS-112s659is.xml 2011-03-29 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.