S 2019
101th Congress
Senate
Health
Hospitals
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Rural public health
Social Welfare
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas.
Introduced: January 23, 1990
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 23, 1990
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 23, 1990
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to gradually eliminate differences in average standardized Medicare payments to large urban, other urban, and rural hospitals, based on methodologies developed by the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1