3.0.0 3767 2023-01-12T17:52:25Z 2023-01-12T17:52:25Z Senate S S 2006-08-01 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-08-01T20:16:39Z 2006-08-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-08-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8538-8540) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2006-08-01 True Health Governmental investigations Hospital personnel Hospital rates Labor and Employment Labor statistics Medicare Social Welfare Wages Health 00 2006-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2006-09-05T20:46:56Z Payment Accuracy Improvement Act of 2006 - Declares that, for payments to hospitals under under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for discharges occurring during FY2006-FY2007, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not apply an occupational mix adjustment to more than 10% of the Medicare hospital area wage index.

Requires the Secretary, when applying such an occupational mix adjustment, to use only the data that was to be used to make the adjustment to such wage index under the proposed rule published by the Secretary in the Federal Register on April 25, 2006.

]]> Payment Accuracy Improvement Act of 2006 Display Title Payment Accuracy Improvement Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to delay the full implementation of the occupational mix adjustment to the wage index under the Medicare inpatient hospital prospective payment system. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Payment Accuracy Improvement Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3767is/xml/BILLS-109s3767is.xml 2006-08-01 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.