To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a rate that is at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.

3.0.0 2819 2023-01-13T04:48:18Z 2023-01-13T04:48:18Z Senate S S 2006-05-17 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-05-17T16:54:47Z To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a rate that is at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program. 109 880 HR 2005-03-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. Related bill CRS 2006-05-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2006-05-17 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2006-05-18 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2006-06-29 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2006-07-31 False Health Access to health care Clinics Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Hospital care Hospital rates Housing and Community Development Long-term care Managed care Medicare Rural health Social Welfare Health

00 2006-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-31T20:14:08Z Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2006 - 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.

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Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2006 Display Title Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2819is/xml/BILLS-109s2819is.xml 2006-05-17 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.