Fairness for Rural Teaching Hospitals Act of 2023
This bill modifies the payment methodology for the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program, which provides additional payments to certain small rural hospitals that have a high proportion of Medicare patients.
Specifically, the bill excludes indirect medical costs from initial payment calculations and instead requires an additional, separate payment for such costs.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2433 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2433
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to update the
calculation of the hospital specific rate for such hospitals, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 30, 2023
Mr. Meuser (for himself, Ms. Wild, and Mr. Moolenaar) 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 to update the
calculation of the hospital specific rate for such hospitals, and for
other purposes.
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 ``Fairness for Rural Teaching
Hospitals Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. UPDATE TO CALCULATION OF HOSPITAL SPECIFIC RATE FOR MEDICARE-
DEPENDENT HOSPITALS.
Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is amended by inserting after clause (ii) the
following:
``For purposes of clause (ii)(II), in calculating the amount determined
under paragraph (1)(A)(iii) with respect to discharges occurring on or
after the first day of the first fiscal year following the date of
enactment of the `Fairness for Rural Teaching Hospitals Act of 2023',
the Secretary shall exclude an estimate of indirect medical costs in
accordance with the requirements specified in paragraph (2)(C)(i).
Following such calculation, the Secretary shall provide for an
additional payment to a hospital for the indirect medical costs
incurred by such hospital.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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