S. 3305 · 114th Congress
VERIFI Act
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Verifying Electronically the Receipt of In-Home Care For Individuals Act or the VERIFI Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Sep 8, 2016
Verifying Electronically the Receipt of In-Home Care For Individuals Act or the VERIFI Act
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the use of electronic visit verification systems for certain services under the Medicare program. An "electronic visit verification system" is a system under which care-related visits are electronically verified with regard to: (1) the type and date of service, (2) the individual receiving the service, (3) the individual providing the service, (4) the location of service delivery, and (5) the time the service begins and ends.
A home health agency must have such a system in place for home health services as a condition of participation in the Medicare program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall establish standards for the systems and must consult with agencies to ensure that such standards: (1) are minimally burdensome, (2) account for existing best practices and electronic visit verifications systems already in use, and (3) require that the systems are conducted in accordance with specified legal requirements related to privacy and security.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: VERIFI Act
Also known as: Verifying Electronically the Receipt of In-Home Care For Individuals Act
Latest action (Sep 8, 2016): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 8, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.