Congress 107 - HR 2220 - Medicare Dialysis Benefit Improvement Act of 2001

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Administrative remedies Cardiovascular diseases Child health Department of Health and Human Services Families Government Operations and Politics Health Kidney diseases Law Medicare Prospective payment systems (Medical care) Social Welfare

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Medicare Dialysis Benefit Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) payment under the Medicare Program for four hemodialysis treatments per week for specified patients; and (2) an increased update in the composite payment rate for renal dialysis treatments for FY 2002.

Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to restore a specified exception to renal dialysis composite rate under rate update provisions.

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Jun 22, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 19, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 19, 2001

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1147)
Jun 19, 2001

Introduced in House

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