S. 3265 · 110th Congress
Ensuring Home Health Care for Seniors Act of 2008
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Ensuring Home Health Care for Seniors Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 15, 2008
Ensuring Home Health Care for Seniors Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services.
Establishes a new formula for payment of such services (other than a covered osteoporosis drug) as the lesser of: (1) the reasonable cost of such services; or (2) the customary charges for them.
Requires such services to be free of charge or at only a nominal charge if they are furnished by a public service provider or by another provider a significant portion of whose patients are low-income.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Ensuring Home Health Care for Seniors Act of 2008
Latest action (Jul 15, 2008): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 15, 2008
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.