S 2241
106th Congress
Senate
Health
Ambulatory care
Hospital care
Hospital personnel
Hospital rates
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Wages
Medicare Wage-Index Reclassification Act of 2000
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2241)
Mar 9, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1414-1415)
Mar 9, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Wage-Index Reclassification Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make a change in a hospital's geographic classification for inpatient services applicable for purposes of adjustments to payments for variations in costs attributable to wages and wage-related costs for all prospective payment system (PPS)-reimbursed items and services. Defines "PPS-reimbursed items and services" as those furnished by the hospital or a provider-based hospital entity for which payments are: (1) made under the PPS for hospital outpatient department services; and (2) adjusted for variations in costs attributable to wages and wage-related costs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2241)
Committees of jurisdiction
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