S 2801
101th Congress
Senate
Health
Hospitals
Indexing (Economic policy)
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Wage surveys
Wages
A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to phase in the update to the area wage index used to determine the amount of payment made to a hospital under Part A of the Medicare program for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services for inpatient discharges occurring during fiscal year 1991, and for other purposes.
Introduced: June 27, 1990
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Became law
Jun 27, 1990
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 27, 1990
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Phases-in, by FY 1992, an update to the area wage index used in determining Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) payments to hospitals for wage-related costs in different areas. Requires the next survey of hospital wage-related costs to be conducted by FY 1993.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1