S. 551
119th Congress
Senate
Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act
Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the application of a cost-of-living adjustment to the non-labor related portion for hospi… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the application of a cost-of-living adjustment to the non-labor related portion for hospital outpatient department services furnished in Alaska and Hawaii.
Health
AlaskaHawaiiHealth care costs and insuranceHome and outpatient care
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Inflation and pricesMedicare
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Feb 12, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Plain-English summary
Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act
This bill allows Medicare payments for covered hospital outpatient services in Alaska or Hawaii to include certain cost-of-living adjustments.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 551: Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-551/
"S. 551: Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-551/.
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