H.R.1828: Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2017

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Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow payment under Medicare for certain services furnished to hospice patients by rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). With respect to a patient who elects to receive hospice care under Medicare, current law generally limits payment for services that are either duplicative of such care or related to the...

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April 12, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 30, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
March 30, 2017

Introduced in the House by Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

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