A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that add-ons to the reimbursement limits for home health agencies may no longer be made for hospital-based agencies.

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Introduced

9 July 1985

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Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department.

Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to utilize a uniform cost report for all home health agencies, whether free standing or hospital based. Permits the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to grant exceptions to the cost limits applicable to home health services furnished by either a hospital or a free standing home health agency.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1402
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