A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the limitations on payment for home health services under the medicare program to conform regulations; to assure that all legitimate costs are taken into account in calculating such limitations; to provide affected parties an opportunity to comment on revisions in Medicare policies; and to require discharge planning procedures.
Medicare Home Health Care Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to set limits on Medicare payments for home health services, but requires that such limits be applied on an aggregate rather than a discipline-specific basis for home health agencies. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take all current cost data into account when computing costs to which payment limits are applied.
Requires that Medicare regulations be open to public notice and comment to the same extent to which rulemaking is subject to such procedures by the Administrative Procedure Act.
Directs hospitals to implement a discharge planning process which meets guidelines and standards, to be established by the Secretary, ensuring patients a timely and smooth transition to the most appropriate type of, and setting for, post-hospital or rehabilitative care.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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