3.0.0 2807 2022-11-01T05:02:36Z 2022-11-01T05:02:36Z Senate S 2019-11-07 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-07T18:13:50Z 2019-11-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-11-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-11-07 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2020-01-28 False Health Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Employment and training programs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Licensing and registrations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare State and local government operations Health 00 2019-11-07 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-17T14:21:22Z Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019

This bill establishes survey requirements for, and enforcement mechanisms against, certified hospice programs under Medicare.

Specifically, certified programs must undergo periodic surveys by a state, local, or approved accreditation agency, as specified; the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must provide joint training for surveyors and programs, and must publish information relating to survey results on the Hospice Compare website. Surveyors must provide programs with educational materials to help them correct any found deficiencies. If the CMS finds that a program does not meet applicable standards, the CMS may impose intermediate sanctions, including suspended Medicare payments, temporary management, and additional training; such programs must also undergo more frequent surveys until they are found to be in compliance.

]]> Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019 Display Title Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the quality of care furnished by hospice programs under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2807is/xml/BILLS-116s2807is.xml 2019-11-07 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.