H.R. 3714 (104th): Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996

Introduced:
Jun 25, 1996 (104th Congress, 1995–1996)
Sponsor:
Rep. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD3]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 521 (105th) on Feb 04, 1997.

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Status

This bill was introduced on June 25, 1996, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jun 25, 1996
Cosponsors
79 cosponsors (56D, 22R, 1I) (show)
Committees

House Energy and Commerce

House Ways and Means

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Full Title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make certain changes to hospice care under the Medicare program.

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Last updated Jun 25, 1996.
6 pages

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6/25/1996--Introduced.
Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospice care to: (1) restructure the hospice care benefit period; (2) cover ambulance services, diagnostic tests, and anticancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy services; (3) permit contracting with independent physicians or physician groups for hospice care services; (4) allow waiver of certain staffing requirements for hospice care programs in non-urbanized areas; (5) define coverage denial, with respect to the limitation on the liability of beneficiaries and providers, to mean a determination that an individual is not terminally ill; and (6) extend the period for physician certification of an individual's terminal illness.

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