Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 11, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1167)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2019 to Mar 3, 2020, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Feb 11, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Feb 11, 2019 |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Original | Feb 11, 2019 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Feb 11, 2019 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Original | Feb 11, 2019 |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Original | Feb 11, 2019 |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Mar 28, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Apr 3, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | May 8, 2019 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | May 16, 2019 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| I-WV | Joe Manchin III | Jul 18, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 11, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1167)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2573 | Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019 | Identical bill | May 9, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
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- Feb 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
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