3.0.0 987 2023-01-15T16:03:45Z 2023-01-15T16:03:45Z Senate S S 2003-05-05 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-05-05T20:23:10Z 2003-05-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-05-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5731-5733) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE N B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2003-05-05 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2003-06-03 False Health Access to health care Economics and Public Finance Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Hospital care Hospitals Housing and Community Development Medical economics Medicare Rural health Social Welfare State finance Health 00 2003-05-05 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Sets the wage index at 62 percent for discharges occurring in FY 2004, except that hospitals receiving lower payments as a result of such new wage index would be held harmless.

Creates a wage index floor for use in determining payments for discharges occurring in FY 2004 for hospitals with a wage index under 0.85.

Directs the Secretary to publish and use alternative guidelines for geographic reclassification of certain hospitals located in sparsely populated States.

Establishes a floor of 1.00 for the work geographic cost-of-practice index under the physician payment system.]]>

Rural Health Care Fairness and Medicare Equity Act of 2003 Display Title Rural Health Care Fairness and Medicare Equity Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for national standardized payment amounts for inpatient hospital services furnished under the medicare program and to make other rural health care improvements. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rural Health Care Fairness and Medicare Equity Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-05-05T04:00:00Z 2003-05-05 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.