The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Potential Ways to Improve the Medicare Program." Subcommittee members will discuss three bills to strengthen Medicare.
This committee has a strong bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess in strengthening the Medicare program to #KeepThePromise for seniors, including leading the way in permanently repealing and replacing the broken Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), a multi-year effort that was signed into law in April of this year.
Next week, subcommittee members will review:
H.R. 556, the Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act, authored by Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL). This bipartisan bill would add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to transfer care for a Medicare patient in instances of illness, pregnancy, or vacation.
H.R. 1934, the Cancer Care Payment Reform Act, authored by House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). This bipartisan bill would build on the promise of new provider delivery model development envisioned in the Sustainable Growth Rate replacement policy enacted into law earlier this year. This bill would establish a national Oncology Medical Home Demonstration Project to improve Medicare payments for cancer care.
Draft legislation authored by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) that would make changes to documentation and face-to-face requirements for home health providers under the Medicare program.as they are posted.
