Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 6, 2013)
Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. Allows a clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) to conduct the face-to-face encounter with the individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospital Payment Reform demonstration program to test any revisions to the methodology for determining payment rates for routine home care and other hospice care services.
Sets at every three years the frequency of surveys of certified hospice programs.
What just happenedJun 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 6, 2013
- Jun 19, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 7, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 6, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jun 6, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jun 6, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 6, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House