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HR 4428 114th Congress House

Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fairness in Medicare hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals.

Introduced: February 2, 2016 See on congress.gov
Health Health personnelHome and outpatient careHospital careMedicareWages and earnings
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Feb 5, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 2, 2016
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 2, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 5, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2832 Related bill Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 29
All 29 Democratic 4 Republican 18
Graves, Tom
· Jul 12, 2016
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · May 26, 2016
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 13, 2016
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · May 11, 2016
 R
Zinke, Ryan K.
Montana · Mar 22, 2016
Abraham, Ralph
· Mar 15, 2016
GOODLATTE, ROBERT
· Mar 15, 2016
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 11, 2016
Graves, Garret
· Feb 9, 2016
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Feb 2, 2016
 R
Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Feb 2, 2016
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 2, 2016
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Feb 2, 2016
Byrne, Bradley
· Feb 2, 2016
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Feb 2, 2016
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 2, 2016
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Feb 2, 2016
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Feb 2, 2016
 R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Tennessee · Feb 2, 2016
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Feb 2, 2016
 R
Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Feb 2, 2016
Harper, Gregg
· Feb 2, 2016
 R
Hill, J. French
Arkansas · Feb 2, 2016
 R
Palmer, Gary J.
Alabama · Feb 2, 2016
Roby, Martha
· Feb 2, 2016
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Feb 2, 2016
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Feb 2, 2016
 R
Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Feb 2, 2016
 R
Womack, Steve
Arkansas · Feb 2, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4428: Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4428/
MLA
"H.R. 4428: Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4428/.
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H.R. 4428, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4428/.
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