S 2228
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Administrative remedies
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Judicial review and appeals
Medicare
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit review of certain Medicare payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 3, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 3, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow adminstrative or judicial review of additional Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment determinations for acute care hospitals known as subsection (d) hospitals. Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid must make DSH payments to qualifying hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of low-income patients.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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