Hospital Reclassification Correction Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board, in rendering decisions on applications for a change in geographic classification, from rejecting the application of a hospital which is the only subsection (d) hospital in its Metropolitan Statistical Area on the basis of any comparison between the hospital's average hourly wage and the average hourly wage of hospitals in the area in which it is located.
(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital particularly one that receives payment under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 5474 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5474
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to
reclassification of hospitals as rural referral centers under the
Medicare Program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 28, 2010
Mr. Schauer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
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A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to
reclassification of hospitals as rural referral centers 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 ``Hospital Reclassification Correction
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. RECLASSIFICATION OF HOSPITALS AS RURAL REFERRAL CENTERS UNDER
THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(10)(D)(iii) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(10)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting ``or a
hospital which is the only subsection (d) hospital in its Metropolitan
Statistical Area'' after ``under paragraph (5)(C)''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to the application of guidelines to applications
filed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act for
reclassifications for periods beginning on or after October 1, 2010.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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