3.0.0 1053 2023-01-11T13:23:21Z 2023-01-11T13:23:21Z Senate S S 2013-05-23 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-05-23T20:45:17Z Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 113 2302 HR 2013-06-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2013-05-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3852) IntroReferral 2013-05-23 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 2013-05-23 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2013-06-10 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2013-07-30 False W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2013-07-30 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2013-09-09 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2013-10-29 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2013-11-06 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2013-11-19 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2014-02-24 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2014-03-24 False Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Health 00 2013-05-23 Introduced in Senate 2013-06-19T21:31:20Z Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 - 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 the individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospital 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 programs.

]]> Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 Display Title Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to strengthen and protect Medicare hospice programs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1053is/xml/BILLS-113s1053is.xml 2013-05-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3852) 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.