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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Access to home health services (A)

Access to home health services (A)

June 1, 1999

The Secretary should speed the development of regulations that outline home health care coverage and eligibility criteria based on clinical characteristics of beneficiaries. The Secretary should report to the Congress recommending the legislation needed to accomplish the implementation of these regulations.

Appeared in: June 1999 - Chapter 6

Topics: Beneficiaries and coverage and Post-acute care.