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H.R. 1459 (110th)

To improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility.

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Introduced

9 March 2007

Last action

13 March 2007 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9], Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4], Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13], Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4], Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3], Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2], Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13], Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4], Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1], Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3], Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7], Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1], Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3], Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17], Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]

Subjects

Healthcare, Taxation

Source updated

2 January 2025

Healthcare · Taxation

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Summary

Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to revise the classification criterion used to determine whether a hospital or hospital unit is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Eliminates the current schedule of applicable percentages. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, instead, to require in the classification criterion a compliance rate no greater than the 60% compliance rate that became effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2006. Requires the Secretary, for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2008, to include patients with comorbidity in the inpatient population that counts towards such 60% compliance rate. Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Medicare fiscal intermediaries, Medicare administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, and other government agents to use and apply the criteria established in HCFA Ruling 85-2, as issued on July 31, 1985, as the sole standard for determining the medical necessity of servivces provided by inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units to Medicare beneficiaries. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees: (1) an examination of the impact of the 75% rule on the Medicare program, and specifically on Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) alternatives to the 75% rule policy for determining exclusion criteria for inpatient rehabilitation hospital and unit designation under the Medicare program.

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Timeline

  1. 9 March 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 9 March 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 9 March 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 13 March 2007

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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