US Congress Senate Bill 596 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct pilot projects under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the purpose of providing incentives to home health agencies to furnish remote patient monitoring services that reduce expenditures. Directs the Secretary to specify the criteria for identifying Medicare beneficiaries within the scope of the pilot projects. Directs the Secretary to establish for each participating home health agency a performance target using specified methodologies.

Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2013

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/596/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s596/BILLS-113s596is.pdf