3.0.0 433 2022-11-01T16:02:59Z 2022-11-01T16:02:59Z Senate S 2019-02-11 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-11T21:36:00Z Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019 116 2573 HR 2019-05-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2019-02-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1167) IntroReferral 2019-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2019-02-11 True K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2019-02-11 True J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2019-02-11 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2019-02-11 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2019-02-11 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-02-11 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2019-03-06 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-03-25 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-03-28 False Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2019-04-01 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2019-04-03 False S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2019-05-08 False B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2019-05-16 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2019-06-25 False M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2019-07-18 False S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2019-07-29 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-07-30 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2019-07-30 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-07-31 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-08-01 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2019-09-09 False C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2019-09-12 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-09-16 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-09-17 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-09-17 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2019-09-18 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-09-24 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-09-26 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2019-10-15 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-10-16 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2019-11-12 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-02-04 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-03-03 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Home and outpatient care Medicare Health 00 2019-02-11 Introduced in Senate 2020-02-04T22:19:29Z Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019

This bill makes a series of changes relating to payment and coverage of home health services under Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA).

Specifically, the bill allows the home-confinement requirement (also known as the homebound requirement) for home health services to be waived under Medicare and MA. Currently, as a condition of eligibility for such services, a physician must certify that an individual has difficulty leaving home without assistance (e.g., a wheelchair, special transportation, or help from another person) due to an illness or injury.

The bill also alters the payment methodology under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services, including by eliminating the requirement that such methodology include certain behavioral assumptions regarding the implementation of specified changes to units of payment and case-mix adjustment factors.

]]> Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019 Display Title Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s433is/xml/BILLS-116s433is.xml 2019-02-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1167) 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.