RURAL HELP Act of 2021
Summary
Reviewing Urban and Rural Adjustments to Level Hospital Expenses and Lopsided Payments Act of 2021 or the RURAL HELP Act of 2021 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine whether costs incurred by rural hospitals exceed costs incurred by urban hospitals under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system and to adjust payments accordingly.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 10, 2021
Last action Mar 10, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Mar 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Mar 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Mar 10, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Fred Keller
RRepublican
Co
Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
Co
Frank D. Lucas
RRepublican
Co
Glenn Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Guy Reschenthaler
RRepublican
Co
H. Morgan Griffith
RRepublican
Co
J. French Hill
RRepublican
Co
Jack Bergman
RRepublican
Co
Jim Banks
RRepublican
Co
Jodey C. Arrington
RRepublican
Co
Liz Cheney
RRepublican
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