HR 6400 United States House · 117th Congress

Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act

Summary
Save America's Rural Hospitals Act This bill establishes and otherwise modifies payment requirements for rural health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, including by (1) exempting Medicare payments to rural hospitals from sequestration, (2) making permanent certain payment increases for services in rural areas (e.g., Medicaid primary care services), and (3) permanently removing the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
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Introduced Jan 13, 2022 Last action Jan 14, 2022
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Jan 14, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 13, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 13, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Jan 13, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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