S 4009 United States Senate · 117th Congress

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).

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2022

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Introduced Apr 6, 2022 Last action Apr 6, 2022

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Apr 6, 2022

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

upper

Apr 6, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

1 primary · 21 co-sponsors

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