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HR 5103 116th Congress House

Rural Hospital Frontier Workforce Fairness Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the floor on the area wage index under the inpatient prospective payment system to certain sole community hospitals.

Introduced: November 14, 2019 See on congress.gov
Health Health facilities and institutionsHealth personnelMedicareWages and earnings
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 14, 2019
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Hospital Frontier Workforce Fairness Act

This bill alters the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services furnished at sole community hospitals (i.e., rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area). Specifically, the bill applies a minimum area wage adjustment to payments to sole community hospitals that are located up to 75 miles from the closest frontier (i.e., predominantly rural) state. Currently, the minimum area wage adjustment applies only to hospitals in frontier states.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1323 Related bill Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5103: Rural Hospital Frontier Workforce Fairness Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5103/
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"H.R. 5103: Rural Hospital Frontier Workforce Fairness Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5103/.
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H.R. 5103, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5103/.
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[H.R. 5103: Rural Hospital Frontier Workforce Fairness Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5103/)
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