Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

The following bills were introduced in the House: H.R. 2423. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit physicians and other health care practitioners from charging a membership or other incidental fee (or requiring purchase of other items or services) as a prerequisite for the provision of an item or service to a Medicare beneficiary. Introduced June 11 by Rep. Ben Cardin (D-MD), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 2451. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve geographic equity in the provision of items and services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Introduced June 12 by Rep. Steve King (R-IA), referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 2453. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare program of substitute adult day care services. Introduced June 12 by Rep. Jerry Kleczka (D-WI), referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 2461. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for establishment of a Medicare prescription drug benefit covering costs that exceed a percentage of a beneficiary's income. Introduced June 12 by Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. The following bills were introduced in the Senate: S. 1206. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for special treatment for certain drugs and biologicals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services under the Medicare program. Introduced June 9 by Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO), referred to the Committee on Finance. S. 1220. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend reasonable cost contracts under the Medicare program, to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate, to apply certain provisions of the Medicare+Choice program to such plans. Introduced June 10 by Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO), referred to the Committee on Finance. S. 1222. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the secretary of Health and Human Services, in determining eligibility for payment under the prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities, to apply criteria consistent with rehabilitation impairment categories established by the secretary for purposes of such prospective payment system. Introduced June 10 by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), referred to the Committee on Finance. S. 1227. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of substitute adult day services [...]