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HR 2574 111th Congress House Health Health facilities and institutions Hospital care Medicare Urban and suburban affairs and development

Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2009

Introduced: May 21, 2009 See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 21, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2009, to revise the criteria and payment formula for "subsection (d) hospitals" which are urban Medicare-dependent hospitals.

(Generally a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

What's happening now May 21, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  • S 1218 Identical bill Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2009
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 11, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2574: Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2574/
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"H.R. 2574: Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2574/.
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H.R. 2574, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2574/.
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