HR 5496
109th Congress
House
Health
Breast cancer
Cancer
Clinical trials
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Higher education
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Medical centers
Medical education
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Medicare
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Science, Technology, Communications
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals under the Medicare Program.
Introduced: May 25, 2006
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Introduced
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Became law
May 25, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 25, 2006
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to inpatient hospital service payments to certain hospitals (subsection (d) hospitals) on the basis of prospective rates, to exclude certain cancer hospitals from the meaning of subsection (d) hospital.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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