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HR 2246 108th Congress House Health Administrative procedure Case mix (Medical care) Department of Health and Human Services Disabled Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Hospital rates Hospitals Law Medicare Rehabilitation of the disabled Social Welfare

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to modify treatment categories for qualification as a rehabilitation hospital or unit for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities.

Introduced: May 22, 2003 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 29, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 22, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 22, 2003
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise the definitions under Medicare regulations of "rehabilitation hospital" and "rehabilitation unit" for purposes of determining the applicable payment methodology under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.

Requires the Secretary, in determining whether a rehabilitation hospital or unit is eligible for reimbursement for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries under the prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient rehabilitation facilities, to modify the list of treatment categories otherwise applicable (commonly referred to as the "75 Percent Rule") to include all rehabilitation impairment categories (except miscellaneous) established by the Secretary for purposes of such prospective payment system.

(The "75 Percent Rule" requires that a rehabilitation hospital or unit show that during its most recent 12-month cost reporting period it served an inpatient population of whom at least 75 percent required intensive rehabilitative services for treatment of one or more of specified conditions.)

What's happening now May 29, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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