Rural Hospital Support Act
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).
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 12, 2021
Last action Mar 12, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
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Committee
2
Mar 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Mar 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Mar 12, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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