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Legislative Progress
Introduced
December 2, 2020
Latest Action
December 2, 2020
Primary Sponsor
Richard BlumenthalDemocratic(CT)
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Compassionate Care Act This bill establishes and expands various programs and activities within the Department of Health and Human Services that support and promote end-of-life care and advance care planning. It also permanently authorizes a physician or nurse practitioner to recertify via telehealth a patient's eligibility for Medicare hospice benefits.
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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Issues concerning the Medicare Hospice Benefit and children's hospice issues. Issues concerning hospice payment and alternative payment models. Issues related to advanced care illness management. Issues involving inpatient respite care, bereavement funding, palliative care and a community-based palliative care demonstration. Issues related to COVID-19 emergency funding, extension of the public health emergency, testing, vaccines, and COVID-19 related legislation. Issues concerning hospice sequestration relief. Issues related to telehealth flexibilities and regulatory flexibilities granted under the public health emergency. Issues involving hospice providers and tax treatment and reporting requirements of the CARES Act Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. Issues concerning hospice program integrity. Issues concerning Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design. Issues pertaining to the hospice election statement and election statement addendum. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R.133); ChiPACC Act of 2020 (H.R.9002); Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act (H.R.8840); Compassionate Care Act (S.4945); HOSPICE Act (H.R. 5821); Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S.2807); Rural Access to Hospice Act (H.R.2594/S.1190); COVID-19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020 (S.4423/H.R.8322); CONNECT Act (S. 2741/H.R. 4932); Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (H.R.647/S.2080); Provider Training in Palliative Care Act (S. 1921); Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act (H.R.5741); Eliminating the Provider Relief Fund Tax Penalties Act of 2020 (H.R.7819); National Hospice and Palliative Care Month Proclamation Request and Senate Resolution
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues concerning the Medicare Hospice Benefit and children's hospice issues. Issues concerning hospice payment and alternative payment models. Issues related to advanced care illness management. Issues involving inpatient respite care, bereavement funding, palliative care and a community-based palliative care demonstration. Issues related to COVID-19 emergency funding, extension of the public health emergency, testing, vaccines, and COVID-19 related legislation. Issues concerning hospice sequestration relief. Issues related to telehealth flexibilities and regulatory flexibilities granted under the public health emergency. Issues involving hospice providers and tax treatment and reporting requirements of the CARES Act Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. Issues concerning hospice program integrity. Issues concerning Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design. Issues pertaining to the hospice election statement and election statement addendum. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R.133); ChiPACC Act of 2020 (H.R.9002); Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act (H.R.8840); Compassionate Care Act (S.4945); HOSPICE Act (H.R. 5821); Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019 (S.2807); Rural Access to Hospice Act (H.R.2594/S.1190); COVID-19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020 (S.4423/H.R.8322); CONNECT Act (S. 2741/H.R. 4932); Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (H.R.647/S.2080); Provider Training in Palliative Care Act (S. 1921); Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act (H.R.5741); Eliminating the Provider Relief Fund Tax Penalties Act of 2020 (H.R.7819); National Hospice and Palliative Care Month Proclamation Request and Senate Resolution
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · District of Columbia
Legislation related to COVID-19, including H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act and H.R.6379: Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act. Legislation to improve care at the end of life, including S. 4945 - Compassionate Care Act. Defending duly enacted state and local laws, like D.C.'s Death with Dignity Act, from federal interference and generally seeking to improve health care at the end of life. H.R. 647/S. 2080: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act; and H.R. 5036: the Put Patients First Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Legislation related to COVID-19, including H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act and H.R.6379: Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act. Legislation to improve care at the end of life, including S. 4945 - Compassionate Care Act. Defending duly enacted state and local laws, like D.C.'s Death with Dignity Act, from federal interference and generally seeking to improve health care at the end of life. H.R. 647/S. 2080: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act; and H.R. 5036: the Put Patients First Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
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
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 4945, Compassionate Care Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Medical Aid in Dying Compassionate Care Act, S. 4945
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: SENATE