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Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019

2573

116th Congress

Health

In Committee

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

May 8, 2019

Latest Action

May 9, 2019

Primary Sponsor

Terri A. SewellDemocratic(AL)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

51pct

1d open

vs 9,062 other HR bills in the 116th — cohort avg 39d

Summary

Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019 This bill makes a series of changes relating to payment and coverage of home health services under Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA). Specifically, the bill allows the home-confinement requirement (also known as the homebound requirement) for home health services to be waived under Medicare and MA. Currently, as a condition of eligibility for such services, a physician must certify that an individual has difficulty leaving home without assistance (e.g., a wheelchair, special transportation, or help from another person) due to an illness or injury. The bill also alters the payment methodology under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services, including by eliminating the requirement that such methodology include certain behavioral assumptions regarding the implementation of specified changes to units of payment and case-mix adjustment factors.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (50)

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Filing registrants (18)

WELSH ROSE, LLC (7)LIBERTY PARTNERS GROUP, LLC (8)CAPITOL HILL CONSULTING GROUP (6)BOCKORNY GROUP, INC. (7)FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP (6)AVENUE SOLUTIONS (4)CJ LAKE, LLC (5)ENVISION STRATEGY, LLC (6)FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS (1)DAVIS & HARMAN LLP (2)

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RUBIN HEALTH POLICY CONSULTING, LLC

Subjects (6)

Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Government information and archives

Health care costs and insurance

Home and outpatient care

Medicare

Actions (3)

May 9, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

May 8, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

May 8, 2019

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Energy and Commerce Committee	House	Referred to	May 8, 2019
Ways and Means Committee	House	Referred to	May 8, 2019

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in House	May 8, 2019	XML

Cosponsors (158)

Name	Party	State
A. Drew Ferguson IV	Republican	GA
Abby Finkenauer	Democratic	IA
Adrian Smith	Republican	NE

Related Bills (1)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
S 433	116th	Identical bill

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HOUSING ADVISORY GROUPclient→DAVIS & HARMAN LLP

2021 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

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Proposals impacting the low-income housing tax credit. Proposals related to the tax treatment of federally declared disasters. H.R. 2573/S. 1136, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act. Low- and Middle-income housing tax credit. Affordable housing. Private activity bonds. H.R. 2, Moving Forward Act (116th Congress). H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

H.R. 2573

ms BARBARA PATE

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HOUSING ADVISORY GROUPclient→DAVIS & HARMAN LLP

2021 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

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Proposals impacting the low-income housing tax credit. Proposals related to the tax treatment of federally declared disasters. H.R. 2573/S. 1136, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act. Low- and Middle-income housing tax credit. Affordable housing. Private activity bonds. H.R. 2, Moving Forward Act (116th Congress).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

H.R. 2573

ms BARBARA PATE

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETYclient→BOCKORNY GROUP, INC.

2021 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid

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Issues related to Health of Older Americans Act Issues related to observation stays Issues related to the impact of Medicare and Medicaid reforms on long-term care Issues related to Affordable Care Act implementation Issues related to Medicare post-acute care reimbursements Issues related to telehealth and telemedicine Issues related to representation in COVID-19-related packages H.R.2573/S.433 Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019 H.R.4468 Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act S.2993 Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act Draft Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act (RUSH Act) PL 116-136 CARES Act PL 116-127 Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R.133 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R.1868 An Act to prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

H.R.2573

DAVID BOCKORNY SCOTT STYLES ms BLAIR LARKINS

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

HOME CARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORKclient→ENVISION STRATEGY, LLC

2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues

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HR 2150 home health care planning improvement act of 2019, Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019 (H.R. 2573), HR 133 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, Proposed regulations on Patient Driven Grouping Model

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

H.R. 2573

BRETT HEIMOV

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

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PARTNERSHIP FOR QUALITY HOME HEALTHclient→WELSH ROSE, LLC

2020 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid

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Issues related to Medicare payment for home health. S. 433 / H.R. 2573, Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019, issues related to home health provider reimbursement. Issues related to H.R.748/S.3548, CARES Act. Issues related to H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and COVID relief.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

H.R. 2573

KATE ROSE KRISTIN WELSH

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

LHC GROUP INC.client→

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATL ASSN FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)client→NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)

2020 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid

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S. 433/H.R. 2573, Home Health Payment Innovation Act. S. 296/H.R. 2150, Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act. Oppose home health and hospice payment cuts and co-pays. Recognition and payment for telehealth services under Medicare and Medicaid. Home health rural add-on payment adjustment. Home Health Review Choice Demonstration Program. Hospice payment policy. CMMI VBID Medicare Advantage Carve-in proposal. S. 2080/H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. S. 1190/H.R. 2594, Rural Access to Hospice Act. S. 995, Lifespan Respite Reauthorization Act. Medicare outreach and enrollment efforts to low-income beneficiaries. H.R. 2878/S. 3261 , Homecare for Seniors Act. Hospice quality of care and survey reforms. Medicaid payment and eligibility policy. Medicaid Money Follows the Person. Medicaid protections against spousal impoverishments. Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Benefit. S. 2741/ H.R. 4932, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. S. 2807, Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019. H.R. 5821, HOSPICE Act. Administration for Community Living falls prevention program. H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136. Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. No. 116-123. Federal response to coronavirus pandemic, including: regulatory relief, PPE, testing, telehealth, Medicaid reimbursement, homebound status, Medicare Sequestration, and Physician Assistants conducting hospice face-to-face. Medicare Home Health Payment Policy. H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, provisions impacting home care and hospice. H.R. 8677/S. 4854, Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act. S. 4945, Compassionate Care Act.

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 2573

CALVIN MCDANIEL THERESA FORSTER WILLIAM DOMBI

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATL ASSN FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)client→NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)

2020 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid

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S. 433/H.R. 2573, Home Health Payment Innovation Act. S. 296/H.R. 2150, Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act. Oppose home health and hospice payment cuts and co-pays. Recognition and payment for telehealth services under Medicare and Medicaid. Home health rural add-on payment adjustment. Home Health Review Choice Demonstration Program. Hospice payment policy. CMMI VBID Medicare Advantage Carve-in proposal. S. 2080/H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. S. 1190/H.R. 2594, Rural Access to Hospice Act. S. 995, Lifespan Respite Reauthorization Act. Medicare outreach and enrollment efforts to low-income beneficiaries. H.R. 2878/S. 3261 , Homecare for Seniors Act. Hospice quality of care and survey reforms. Medicaid payment and eligibility policy. Medicaid Money Follows the Person. Medicaid protections against spousal impoverishments. Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Benefit. S. 2741/ H.R. 4932, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. S. 2807, Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019. H.R. 5821, HOSPICE Act. Administration for Community Living falls prevention program. H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136. Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. No. 116-123. Federal response to coronavirus pandemic, including: regulatory relief, PPE, testing, telehealth, Medicaid reimbursement, homebound status, Medicare Sequestration, and Physician Assistants conducting hospice face-to-face. Medicare Home Health Payment Policy.

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 2573

CALVIN MCDANIEL THERESA FORSTER WILLIAM DOMBI

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATL ASSN FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)client→NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)

2020 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

S. 433/H.R. 2573, Home Health Payment Innovation Act. S. 296/H.R. 2150, Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act. Oppose home health and hospice payment cuts and co-pays. Recognition and payment for telehealth services under Medicare and Medicaid. Home health rural add-on payment adjustment. Home Health Review Choice Demonstration Program. Hospice payment policy. CMMI VBID Medicare Advantage Carve-in proposal. S. 2080/H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. S. 1190/H.R. 2594, Rural Access to Hospice Act. S. 995, Lifespan Respite Reauthorization Act. Medicare outreach and enrollment efforts to low-income beneficiaries. H.R. 2878/S. 3261 , Homecare for Seniors Act. Hospice quality of care and survey reforms. Medicaid payment and eligibility policy. Medicaid Money Follows the Person. Medicaid protections against spousal impoverishments. Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Benefit. S. 2741/ H.R. 4932, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. S. 2807, Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019. H.R. 5821, HOSPICE Act. Administration for Community Living falls prevention program. H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136. Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. No. 116-123. Federal response to coronavirus pandemic, including: regulatory relief, PPE, testing, telehealth, Medicaid reimbursement, homebound status, Medicare Sequestration, and Physician Assistants conducting hospice face-to-face.

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 2573

CALVIN MCDANIEL THERESA FORSTER WILLIAM DOMBI

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATL ASSN FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)client→NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)

2020 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

S. 433/H.R. 2573, Home Health Payment Innovation Act. S. 296/H.R. 2150, Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act. Oppose home health and hospice payment cuts and co-pays. Recognition and payment for telehealth services under Medicare and Medicaid. Home health rural add-on payment adjustment. Value based purchasing and bundling. Home Health Review Choice Demonstration Program. Hospice payment policy. CMMI VBID Medicare Advantage Carve-in proposal. S. 2080/H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. S. 1190/H.R. 2594, Rural Access to Hospice Act. S. 995, Lifespan Respite Reauthorization Act. Medicare outreach and enrollment efforts to low-income beneficiaries. H.R. 2878/S. 3261 , Homecare for Seniors Act. Hospice quality of care and survey reforms. Medicaid payment and eligibility policy. Medicaid Money Follows the Person. Medicaid protections against spousal impoverishments. Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Benefit. S. 2741/ H.R. 4932, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. S. 2807, Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019. H.R. 5821, HOSPICE Act. Administration for Community Living falls prevention program. H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act. H.R. 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. H.R. 6074,Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020. Federal response to coronavirus pandemic, including: regulatory relief, PPE, testing, telehealth, Medicaid reimbursement, homebound status, Medicare Sequestration, and Physician Assistants conducting hospice face-to-face.

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 2573

CALVIN MCDANIEL THERESA FORSTER WILLIAM DOMBI

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATL ASSN FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)client→NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)

2019 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

S. 433/H.R. 2573, Home Health Payment Innovation Act. S. 296/H.R. 2150, Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act. Oppose home health and hospice payment cuts and co-pays. Recognition and payment for telehealth services under Medicare and Medicaid. Home health rural add-on payment adjustment. Value based purchasing and bundling. Home Health Review Choice Demonstration Program. Hospice payment policy. CMMI VBID Medicare Advantage Carve-in proposal. S. 2080/H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. S. 829, Removing Barriers to Person- and Family-Centered Care Act. S. 1190/H.R. 2594, Rural Access to Hospice Act. H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act. H.R. 3253, Empowering Beneficiaries, Ensuring Access, and Strengthening Accountability Act. Lifespan Respite Reauthorization Act. Medicare outreach and enrollment efforts to low-income beneficiaries. H.R. 2878, Homecare for Seniors Act. Hospice quality of care and survey reforms. Medicare Time-limited equitable relief. Medicaid payment and eligibility policy. Medicaid Money Follows the Person. Medicaid protections against spousal impoverishments. Increasing the federal budgetary caps as mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011. Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Benefit. S. 2765, Bipartisan Congressional Budget Reform Act. S. 2741/ H.R. 4932, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. S. 2807, Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019. Extending Medicaid funding in US territories.

Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 2573

CALVIN MCDANIEL THERESA FORSTER WILLIAM DOMBI

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE