S 4009
117th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Rural Hospital Support Act
Introduced: April 6, 2022
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 6, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 6, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Rural Hospital Support Act
This bill modifies and extends certain payment adjustments for rural hospitals under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system.
Specifically, the bill indexes payment adjustments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals to FY2016 operating costs, if it results in higher payments for such hospitals. The bill also makes payment adjustments for Medicare-dependent hospitals and low-volume hospitals permanent (the adjustments currently expire at the end of FY2022).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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