Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017

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Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 25, 2017

Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to use an individual's medical record from a home-health agency, as appropriate, to support certification of such individual's Medicare eligibility for home-health services.

The bill requires the CMS to establish a process for home-health agencies that are entitled to an administrative appeal after being denied eligibility for Medicare reimbursement to, instead, enter into a settlement with the CMS.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2017

Latest action (Jun 7, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: May 25, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.