3.0.0 596 2019-11-15T21:52:30Z 2019-11-15T21:52:30Z Senate S S 2013-03-18 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-03-18T19:00:32Z 2013-03-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2013-03-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2013-03-18 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2013-03-21 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2013-03-21 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2013-05-22 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2013-05-23 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2013-06-04 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2013-06-17 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2013-09-17 False Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Digestive and metabolic diseases Health information and medical records Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Health 00 2013-03-18 Introduced in Senate 2013-04-05T20:39:51Z Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct pilot projects under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the purpose of providing incentives to home health agencies to furnish remote patient monitoring services that reduce expenditures.

Directs the Secretary to specify the criteria for identifying Medicare beneficiaries within the scope of the pilot projects.

Directs the Secretary to establish for each participating home health agency a performance target using specified methodologies.

]]> Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2013 Display Title Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish pilot projects under the Medicare program to provide incentives for home health agencies to furnish remote patient monitoring services that reduce expenditures under such program. Introduced in Senate 2013-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s596is/xml/BILLS-113s596is.xml 2013-03-18 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.