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HR 5559 114th Congress House

To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care…

Official title: To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain mo… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care hospitals (LTCHs).

Introduced: June 22, 2016 Introduced by: Smith, Jason Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
Health Hospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
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Jun 29, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 22, 2016
Introduced in House
Jun 22, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Latest action June 29, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to specify that certain provisions of current law regarding the calculation of hospital length of stay apply to certain long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) that are permitted, under Medicare, to establish new LTCHs or increase LTCH beds. Specifically, with respect to such LTCHs, two types of patients shall be excluded from the calculation of LTCH length of stay under Medicare: (1) those for whom payment is made under a Medicare Advantage plan, and (2) those for whom payment is made at the site-neutral payment rate.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5559: To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care hospitals (LTCHs).. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5559/
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"H.R. 5559: To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care hospitals (LTCHs).." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5559/.
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H.R. 5559, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5559/.
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[H.R. 5559: To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care hospitals (LTCHs).](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5559/)
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