Medicare Home Health and Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 1998

Summary

Medicare Home Health Care Interim Payment System Refinement Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA'97), to: (1) increase per beneficiary and per visit payment limits under the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies; and (2) provide for the exclusion of certain additional Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) costs from determination of the Medicare part B monthly premium. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress on research paid for by the Secretary on the development of a prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicare home health services, including one or more alternative means to provide for savings equivalent to the savings estimated to be made by the mandatory 15 percent reduction in payment limits for such services for FY 2000. Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to: (1) report to the Congress its analysis of the Secretary's report, including any recommendations with respect to the matters contained in it; and (2) include in its annual report to the Congress for June 1999 an analysis of whether changes in law made by BBA'97 and this Act with respect to payments for Medicare home health services impede access to them by Medicare beneficiaries. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to audit the sums obligated or expended by the Health Care Financing Administration for PPS research and the information provided by it.

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 10 October 1998

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 10 October 1998

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 10 October 1998

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 15 September 1998

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 15 September 1998

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 September 1998

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