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HR 6399 114th Congress House Health

Fixing Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016

Introduced: November 29, 2016 Introduced by: Kelly, Mike Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Fixing Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to calculating payment for inpatient hospital services under Medicare's prospective payment system, a minimum area wage index for hospitals located in metropolitan areas. (Under a prospective payment system, payment is made according to a predetermined, fixed amount.)

What's happening now November 29, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6399: Fixing Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6399/
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"H.R. 6399: Fixing Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6399/.
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H.R. 6399, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6399/.
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