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S 2501 113th Congress Senate Health Hospital care Medicare

Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014

Introduced: June 19, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Jun 19, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 19, 2014
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in determining a hospital's excess readmission ratio for purposes of making payments for discharges starting in FY2016, to risk adjust readmissions to account for patient socioeconomic status.

What's happening now June 19, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Sep 16, 2014
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Sep 8, 2014
KIRK, MARK
· Jun 19, 2014
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jun 19, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2501: Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2501/
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"S. 2501: Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2501/.
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