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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of hospitals under the DRG prospective payment system on the basis of a blend of hospital-specific rates and a national…

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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of hospitals under the DRG prospective payment system on the basis of a blend of hospital-specific rates and a national rate, depending on the degree of variation of costs within specific diagnosis-related groups.

Introduced: March 21, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 26, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 21, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 21, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to compute, and recompute biannually, for each diagnosis-related group a coefficient of variation which reflects the relative statistical distribution, from the mean, of the costs of discharges within that group among different hospitals located throughout the United States. Provides for a prospective payment rate utilizing a blend of national and individual hospital rates based on such coefficient of variation. Eliminates the distinction between rural and urban hospitals recognized under the prospective payment system.

What's happening now March 26, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 29, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1682: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of hospitals under the DRG prospective payment system on the basis of a blend of hospital-specific rates and a national rate, depending on the degree of variation of costs within specific diagnosis-related groups.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1682/
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"H.R. 1682: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of hospitals under the DRG prospective payment system on the basis of a blend of hospital-specific rates and a national rate, depending on the degree of variation of costs within specific diagnosis-related groups.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1682/.
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H.R. 1682, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1682/.
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[H.R. 1682: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of hospitals under the DRG prospective payment system on the basis of a blend of hospital-specific rates and a national rate, depending on the degree of variation of costs within specific diagnosis-related groups.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1682/)
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