3.0.0 1650 2023-01-11T13:30:39Z 2023-01-11T13:30:39Z Senate S 2015-06-23 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-23T20:03:47Z 2015-06-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-06-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2015-06-23 True Health Health information and medical records Home and outpatient care Medicare Health 00 2015-06-23 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-04T20:24:39Z Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to:

  • develop a single form or document to be used by a physician to satisfy the documentation requirements necessary to fulfill the requirement of a face-to-face encounter and other criteria for home health eligibility (otherwise known as the certification for home health services); and
  • notify and provide guidance and education to Medicare administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, and any other appropriate entity regarding application of the form or document to such documentation requirements.

HHS shall also:

  • develop and implement processes to open and review claims denied on or after January 1, 2011, and before enactment of this Act, due solely to the face-to-face documentation requirements;
  • issue revised decisions of such denials as if the requirements of related regulations did not apply at the time such services were furnished; and
  • establish a voluntary process for home health agencies to enter into a settlement agreement with HHS in lieu of reprocessing claims whose payment this bill now requires.
]]> Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015 Display Title Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make changes to the Medicare home health face-to-face encounter requirements. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1650is/xml/BILLS-114s1650is.xml 2015-06-23 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.