Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007

Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage organizations to provide for a payment rate for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services that is: (1) at least the applicable payment rate established under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) or part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for such services; or (2) 103% of the otherwise applicable payment rate, if the critical access hospital or the rural health clinic determines appropriate.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1563 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1563

 To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
  for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for 
  services furnished by a critical access hospital and a rural health 
                   clinic under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2007

  Mr. Barrow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
  for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for 
  services furnished by a critical access hospital and a rural health 
                   clinic under the Medicare Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Health Services Preservation 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM PAYMENT RATE BY MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ORGANIZATIONS FOR 
              SERVICES FURNISHED BY A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL AND A 
              RURAL HEALTH CLINIC.

    (a) In General.--Section 1857(e) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-27(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Minimum payment rate for services furnished by a 
        critical access hospital and a rural health clinic.--A contract 
        under this section between an MA organization and the Secretary 
        for the offering of an MA plan shall require the organization 
        to provide for a payment rate under the plan for inpatient and 
        outpatient critical access hospital services and rural health 
        clinic services furnished to enrollees of the plan and for 
        extended care services furnished by a critical access hospital 
        under an agreement entered into under section 1883 to such 
        enrollees (whether or not the services are furnished pursuant 
        to an agreement between such organization and a critical access 
        hospital or a rural health clinic) that is not less than--
                    ``(A) the applicable payment rate established under 
                part A or part B (which includes the payment of an 
                interim rate and a subsequent cost reconciliation) with 
                respect to the critical access hospital for such 
                inpatient, outpatient, and extended care services or 
                the rural health clinic for such rural health clinic 
                services; or
                    ``(B) if the critical access hospital or the rural 
                health clinic determines appropriate, 103 percent of 
                the applicable interim payment rate established under 
                part A or part B with respect to the critical access 
                hospital for such inpatient, outpatient, and extended 
                care services or the rural health clinic for such rural 
                health clinic services.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to Medicare Advantage contract years beginning on or after January 1, 
2008.
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