3.0.0 778 2019-02-20T23:03:56Z 2019-02-23T20:34:34Z Senate S S 2011-04-08 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-04-08T20:19:19Z 2011-04-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-04-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS N T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2011-05-02 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2011-05-03 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2011-05-11 False C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2011-06-21 False L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2011-07-06 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2011-07-06 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2011-07-11 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2012-09-10 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Cardiovascular and respiratory health Department of Health and Human Services Health care coverage and access Health personnel Home and outpatient care Medicare Rural conditions and development Health 00 2011-04-08 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-01T16:04:08Z Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to state that, except with respect to high-risk or complex medical services requiring direct levels of supervision, if the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) requires supervision by a physician or non-physician practitioner for Medicare payment for therapeutic hospital outpatient services, that requirement is met if such services are furnished under the physician's or non-physician practitioner's general supervision.

Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a process for designating therapeutic hospital outpatient services for which direct supervision may be required for the entire service or direct supervision during the initiation of the service followed by general supervision for the remainder of the service.

Declares without force or effect in law regarding Medicare requirements for direct supervision by physicians for therapeutic hospital outpatient services a specified restatement and clarification under the final rulemaking changes to the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system and calendar year 2009 payment rates, which was published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2008.

]]> Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services. Display Title Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act Introduced in Senate 2011-04-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s778is/xml/BILLS-112s778is.xml 2011-04-08 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.