H.R. 10806

Medicare Home Health Payment Integrity and Protection Act of 2026

Sponsor: Claudia Tenney · 0 cosponsors

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Introduced Oct 13
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Introduced Oct 13
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (Oct 13)

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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

I Home Health Program Integrity, Anti-Fraud, and Enrollment Reform

Sec. 101. Enhanced enrollment screening for home health agencies

Sec. 102. Additional oversight provisions for home health agencies

Sec. 103. Additional survey and training requirements for accreditation organizations

II Home Health Payment Reset and Data Integrity

Sec. 201. Calculation of home health prospective payment amount using reliable data

Sec. 202. Suspension of permanent and temporary adjustments

Sec. 203. Conforming protection for benchmarks and value-based programs

III Reports, Rulemaking, Program Integrity Funding, and Implementation

Sec. 301. Report to Congress on home health payment data

Sec. 302. Notice and comment rulemaking

Sec. 303. Program integrity funding

Sec. 304. Department of Justice and Office of Inspector General enforcement funding

In addition to any other funds otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Department of Justice and the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000 for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 for investigation of organized home health fraud schemes, forensic accounting, interstate fraud investigations, prosecution of Medicare fraud, and coordination with Federal law enforcement agencies.

Sec. 305. State survey agency funding

Sec. 306. Rule of construction regarding existing fraud authorities