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Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act

Introduced: February 25, 2022 Introduced by: Graves, Sam Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Jan 14, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 13, 2022
Introduced in House
Jan 13, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 13, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
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Save America's Rural Hospitals Act

This bill establishes and otherwise modifies payment requirements for rural health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, including by (1) exempting Medicare payments to rural hospitals from sequestration, (2) making permanent certain payment increases for services in rural areas (e.g., Medicaid primary care services), and (3) permanently removing the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare.

What's happening now January 14, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8565 Related bill Rural HELP Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · May 18, 2022
Luetkemeyer, Blaine
· Mar 3, 2022
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Feb 25, 2022
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· Feb 25, 2022
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jan 13, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6400: Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6400/
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"H.R. 6400: Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6400/.
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H.R. 6400, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6400/.
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