3.0.0 36 2023-01-15T21:34:07Z 2023-01-15T21:34:07Z Senate S S 2003-01-07 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-01-07T20:57:32Z 2003-01-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-01-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S43) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-01-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2003-01-07 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2003-01-07 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2003-01-15 False Health Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Government trust funds Hospitals Labor and Employment Labor statistics Medical fees Medical personnel Medicare Nursing homes Physicians Rural health Social Welfare Wages Health 00 2003-01-07 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project that provides for demonstration grants designed to provide financial or other incentives to hospitals to attract educators and clinical practitioners so that hospitals that serve beneficiaries under the Medicare program who are residents of underserved areas may host clinical rotations.

Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for the use of skilled nursing facility wage data under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services.]]>

Medicare Equity Act of 2003 Display Title Medicare Equity Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor from the geographic indices used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule, to provide incentives necessary to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas, and to revise the area wage adjustment applicable under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Equity Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-01-07T05:00:00Z 2003-01-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.