3.0.0 722 2022-02-03T05:53:44Z 2022-02-03T05:53:44Z Senate S S 2011-04-04 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-04-04T22:26:28Z Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act 112 3506 HR 2011-11-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2011-04-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2089-2090) IntroReferral 2011-04-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2089) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-04-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2011-04-04 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2011-04-13 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2011-05-03 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-05-16 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-05-16 False U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2011-05-18 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-06-08 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2011-06-22 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2011-07-19 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-08-01 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2011-08-02 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2011-09-12 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2012-03-26 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-04-26 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2012-06-07 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2012-06-12 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2012-07-18 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2012-09-11 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2012-09-20 False Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Health 00 2011-04-04 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-27T20:35:45Z Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. Allows a clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) to conduct the face-to-face encounter with an individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently, 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification period.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospice Payment Reform demonstration program to test any revisions to the methodology for determining payment rates for routine home care and other hospice care services.

Sets at every three years the frequency of surveys of certified hospice program entities.

]]> Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act Short Titles as Introduced Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act Popular Titles HELP Act 9 Library of Congress Display Title Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to strengthen and protect Medicare hospice programs. Introduced in Senate 2011-04-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s722is/xml/BILLS-112s722is.xml 2011-04-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2089-2090) 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.