Comprehensive Medicare Reform Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Comprehensive Medicare Reform Act of 1979 - Title I: Amendments to Part A (Hospital and Inpatient Services) - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove restrictions on: (1) inpatient hospital services; and (2) home health services. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe regulations which prohibit a physician who has a significant financial interest in a home health agency from certifying that an individual requires home health care services. Directs the Secretary to designate regional agencies or organizations, which have an agreement with the Secretary, to perform functions under such agreement with respect to home health agencies. Requires a home health agency to meet such additional requirements as the Secretary finds necessary. Eliminates the inpatient hospital deductible and coinsurance under part A, except for the deductible for whole blood. Eliminates the coinsurance for post- hospital extended care to Christian Science Skilled Nursing Facilities. Provides payment for 100 percent of a hospital's reasonable charges for emergency services. Includes among the…