HR 3069 117th Congress House

ARC Act

Official title: To provide relief for small rural hospitals from inaccurate instructions provided by certain medicare administrative contractors.

Introduced: May 7, 2021 Introduced by: Tenney, Claudia Republican · New York See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

May 7, 2021

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access for Rural Communities Act or the ARC Act

This bill allows sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent small rural hospitals to have the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recalculate certain payment adjustments that were initially determined by Medicare administrative contractors. Specifically, if a hospital received a volume decrease adjustment from an administrative contractor prior to FY2018, the hospital may elect to have the CMS recalculate the adjustment using methodology that took effect in FY2018, as specified. The bill's provisions do not apply to final determinations made by administrative contractors more than three years before the date of enactment of this bill.

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