Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996

Summary

Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospice care to: (1) restructure the hospice care benefit period; (2) cover ambulance services, diagnostic tests, and anticancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy services; (3) permit contracting with independent physicians or physician groups for hospice care services; (4) allow waiver of certain staffing requirements for hospice care programs in non- urbanized areas; (5) define coverage denial, with respect to the limitation on the liability of beneficiaries and providers, to mean a determination that an individual is not terminally ill; and (6) extend the period for physician certification of an individual's terminal illness.

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Timeline

1. 2 August 1996

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 August 1996

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9582-9583)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 August 1996

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 2 August 1996 · Download file

Documents

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Sponsors

• Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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