HR 1130
115th Congress
House
Health
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Wages and earnings
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017
Introduced: February 16, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 16, 2017
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 16, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017
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.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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