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To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a rate that…

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To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a rate that is at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.

Introduced: February 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Mar 14, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 28, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2005
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.
Feb 17, 2005
Introduced in House
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Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage organizations to provide for a payment rate for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.

What's happening now March 14, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2819 Related bill Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2006
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Mar 2, 2006
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 10, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Apr 21, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 880: To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a rate that is at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-880/
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"H.R. 880: To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a rate that is at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-880/.
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H.R. 880, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-880/.
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[H.R. 880: To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a rate that is at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-880/)
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