To hold Medicare beneficiaries harmless for specified COVID-19 treatment services furnished under part A or part B of the Medicare program.

Bill Number

HR 6727

Introduced

May 5, 2020

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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Service ...

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Cardiovascular and respiratory health Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Government trust funds Health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicaid Medicare Military medicine

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Summary

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to pay any required cost-sharing amounts for specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) treatment services for Medicare beneficiaries.

Providers are prohibited from holding beneficiaries liable for such amounts. Additionally, the CMS may recoup amounts that would have been paid through a beneficiary's supplemental insurance from the applicable insurer, in accordance with specified procedures.

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May 5, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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.
May 5, 2020

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