S 899
108th Congress
Senate
Health
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Medical education
Medicare
Social Welfare
American Hospital Preservation Act of 2003
Introduced: April 11, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 11, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5354)
Apr 11, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
American Hospital Preservation Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries starting in FY 2004, and for FY 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year as well; (2) ensure the full market basket update for any fiscal year after FY 2005; and (3) restore the reimbursement factor for indirect medical education payments to teaching hospitals to the FY 2002 level for FY 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year, after providing for an increase in such factor from current levels for FY 2004.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5354)
Committees of jurisdiction
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