Hearing on “Examining Bipartisan Legislation to Improve the Medicare Program,” Subcommittee on Health (July 20, 2017)

Livestream

Key Documents

Memorandum from Ranking Member Pallone to the Subcommittee on Health 

Opening Statement of Ranking Member Pallone as prepared for delivery

Preliminary Transcript

Legislation

H.R. 849, To repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board. 

H.R. 1148, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth-eligible stroke services under the Medicare program. 

H.R. 2465, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the removal of the rental cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare program with respect to speech generating devices. 

H.R. 2557, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare program of certain DNA Specimen Provenance Assay clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. 

H.R. 3120, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests. 

H.R. 3163, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a home infusion therapy services temporary transitional payment under the Medicare program. 

H.R. 3245, Medicare Civil and 5 Criminal Penalties Update Ac, To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase civil money penalties and criminal fines for Federal health care program fraud and abuse, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 3263, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program.

H.R. 3271, Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to strengthen rules in case of competition for diabetic testing strips, and for other purposes. 

Discussion Draft of H.R. ____, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the therapy cap exceptions process and manual medical review under the Medicare program.

Discussion Draft of H.R. ____, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a bundled payment model under the Medicare program for clinical laboratory services provided to Medicare nursing facility and homebound patients, and for other purposes.

Witnesses

Cletis Earle
Chairman-Elect
CHIME Board of Trustees 

Testimony