A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and title IV of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to eliminate the 15 percent reduction in payment amounts to home health agencies furnishing home health services under the Medicare program, and to provide for a 36-month grace period for home health agencies to repay overpayments made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce
Publisher: United States Government Printing Office
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.?
Language: eng
Subjects: Home care services; Finance; Law and legislation; Medicare beneficiaries; Home care; Older people; Medicare
Other titles: Medicare Home Health Improvement Act of 1999.; 106th Congress, 1st Session, H.R. 2618 in the House of Representatives.; To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and title IV of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to eliminate the 15 percent reduction in payment amounts to home health agencies furnishing home health services under the Medicare program, and to provide for a 36-month grace period for home health agencies to repay overpayments made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Introduced July 27, 1999; referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and Committee on Commerce.