HR 1656
112th Congress
House
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2011
Introduced: April 15, 2011
Introduced by:
Smith, Christopher H.
Republican
· New Jersey
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 19, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 15, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 15, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2011, 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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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