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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a geographic adjustment in the Medicare cap on payment for hospice care and to require hospice programs to report comprehensive data on hospice care.

5/22/2008--Introduced.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a geographic adjustment in the Medicare hospice payment cap, increasing the work geographic index to 1.00 for any locality for which such index is less than 1.00.

Requires hospice programs to report comprehensive data on hospice care.

Latest Actions
  • 06/03/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 05/22/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill Text
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H.R.6158 Introduced in House05/30/2008