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HR 4214 102th Congress House Health Budget deficits Congressional reporting requirements Defense budgets Federal budgets Government spending reductions Hospitals Medicaid Medicare Public assistance programs Urban areas Wage surveys Wages

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit to $50,000,000 the aggregate amount of budget-neutrality adjustments in payments to urban hospitals for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services under the medicare program during fiscal year 1993 that are required as a result of decisions of the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 11, 1992 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 14, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Feb 14, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 11, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 11, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 11, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.
Feb 11, 1992
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit aggregate payment reductions to urban hospitals in FY 1993 that are attributable to geographical reclassifications in an effort to maintain budget neutrality. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in a report to the Congress, to make recommendations for: (1) modifications to the methodology used to determine the initial geographic areas in which hospitals are located for purposes of adjusting payments to hospitals under part A (Hospital Insurance) of Medicare for differences in area wage levels; (2) appropriate bases for determining the geographic classification of hospitals under Medicare that recognize the unique labor market conditions affecting hospitals; and (3) modifications to the payment adjustments required under Medicare to offset increases in aggregate payments resulting from changes in geographic classification. Requires the Prospective Payment Commission to submit comments to the Congress on such report.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide that, to the extent that budget neutrality is not achieved under such limitation above, payment of any increase in aggregate hospital payments attributable to such reclassifications will be made through reductions in discretionary defense spending.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide that disproportionate share payment adjustments to hospitals that are geographically reclassified shall be computed as if such hospitals had not been so reclassified.

What's happening now February 28, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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