A bill to amend the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 to extend the Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims.

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Amends the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 to direct the Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims to evaluate and report to the Congress and the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, by October 1, 1990, on the implementation of revised home health coverage policies, and on changes in the process for denying claims for home health services, under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) give the public an opportunity to comment on the Committee's earlier report on, and recommendations for, changing the home health services claims denial process; and (2) evaluate such recommendations and report to the Congress and the Administrator by the close of 1989 on their implementation. Terminates the Commission on October 1, 1990.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

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