legislation: 113-hr-5435

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113-hr-5435 113 hr 5435 Medicare Home Infusion Site of Care Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-10 2014-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] NY D E000179 7 Medicare Home Infusion Site of Care Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and home infusion drugs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the Medicare home infusion therapy benefit in a manner that ensures that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries have timely and appropriate access to infusion therapy in their homes, and (2) there is rapid and seamless coordination between drug coverage under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) and home infusion therapy services coverage under Medicare part B (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to avoid the filing of duplicative or otherwise improper claims. 2023-01-11T13:25:38Z  

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