3.0.0 353 2023-01-11T13:34:48Z 2023-01-11T13:34:48Z Senate S 2017-02-13 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-13T18:00:00Z Rural Home Health Extension and Regulatory Relief Act 115 3992 HR 2017-10-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2017-02-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2017-02-13 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-10-30 False Health Health care coverage and access Home and outpatient care Medicare Rural conditions and development Health 00 2017-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-01T16:53:19Z Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2017

This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend through 2022 the rural add-on, which is a payment increase for Medicare home health services furnished to patients in rural areas.

The bill also amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to lower, for FY2018-FY2022, the annual ceiling on the home health outlier adjustment, which is a payment increase for home health services furnished to the costliest Medicare beneficiaries, from 2.5% to 2.25% of the total Medicare payments projected to be made under the prospective payment system for home health services. (Under the Medicare prospective payment system, payment is made according to a predetermined, fixed amount.)

]]> Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2017 Display Title Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the rural add-on payment in the Medicare home health benefit, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s353is/xml/BILLS-115s353is.xml 2017-02-13 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.