HR 1609
107th Congress
House
Health
Ambulatory care
Hospital care
Hospital personnel
Hospital rates
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Wages
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for national standardized payment amounts for inpatient hospital services furnished under the Medicare Program.
Introduced: April 26, 2001
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May 8, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
May 3, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 26, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 26, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) mandate a single national average standardized payment amount for inpatient hospital services furnished, regardless of whether in an urban or non-urban area, under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for discharges occurring in FY 2002 and thereafter; and (2) establish a minimum factor of .925 as a floor for area wage adjustment factors used under the PPS for inpatient and outpatient hospital services.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
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