3.0.0 2363 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2021-07-15 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-15T18:56:41Z Better Wound Care at Home Act 117 2356 HR 2021-04-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2021-07-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2021-07-15 True Health Health 00 2021-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-12T20:47:20Z Better Wound Care at Home Act

This bill modifies the Medicare payment methodology for disposable negative pressure wound therapy devices. In particular, the bill specifies that payment must be a national payment rate for the device itself and not for related professional services or visits, and must be made as an add-on payment for the device under the prospective payment system for home health services.

]]> Better Wound Care at Home Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make technical amendments to the separate payment under the Medicare program for disposable negative pressure wound therapy devices. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Better Wound Care at Home Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Better Wound Care at Home Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2363is/xml/BILLS-117s2363is.xml 2021-07-15 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.