HR 4040
116th Congress
House
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Neurological disorders
Protecting Access to Spinal Surgeries Act
Introduced: July 25, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 25, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Protecting Access to Spinal Surgeries Act
This bill extends an exception to the application of site-neutral payment rates under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system.
Currently, certain long-term care hospitals that primarily treat spinal cord injuries are excluded from such payment rates through FY2019 if they meet certain other criteria (e.g., a significant number of discharges of out-of-state patients in FY2014). The bill extends this exception through FY2024.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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