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Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2018
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Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2018 This bill increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. The bill excludes clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare. Additionally, the bill alters the definition of "clinical social worker services" as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, "clinical social worker services": (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and (2) exclude services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility as a condition of the facility's participation in the Medicare program. The bill repeals these provisions and instead specifies that such services include certain types of health behavior assessment and intervention.
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S.2613/H.R. 1290 Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2018 H.R.3922 - CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act H.R.3921 - HEALTHY KIDS Act S.1827 - KIDS Act of 2017 H.R. 6 [P.L. No: 115-271] - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.Res.1099 - Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6, with an amendment S.2253/H.R.3192 - CHIP Mental Health Parity Act Practice and Reimbursement issues related to clinical social workers S.1169/ H.R. 2687 - Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion (CARE) Act Medicare Part B program issues
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
2018 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S.2613/H.R. 1290 Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2018 H.R.3922 - CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act H.R.3921 - HEALTHY KIDS Act S.1827 - KIDS Act of 2017 H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.Res.1099 - Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6, with an amendment S.2253/H.R.3192 - CHIP Mental Health Parity Act Practice and Reimbursement issues related to clinical social workers S.1169/ H.R. 2687 - Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion (CARE) Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
2018 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S.2613/H.R. 1290 Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2018 H.R.3922 - CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act H.R.3921 - HEALTHY KIDS Act S.1827 - KIDS Act of 2017 H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act S.2253/H.R.3192 - CHIP Mental Health Parity Act Practice and Reimbursement issues related to clinical social workers S.1169/ H.R. 2687 - Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion (CARE) Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
2018 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
"S.2613/H.R. 1290 Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2018 "H.R.3922 - CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act "H.R.3921 - HEALTHY KIDS Act "S.1827 - KIDS Act of 2017 "S.2253/H.R.3192 - CHIP Mental Health Parity Act "Practice and Reimbursement issues related to clinical social workers "S.1169/ H.R. 2687 - Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion (CARE) Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)