3.0.0 2610 2023-01-11T13:19:07Z 2023-01-11T13:19:07Z House H HR 2009-05-21 111 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-05-21T14:12:44Z 2009-05-21 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000008 Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] PAUL KANJORSKI D PA E. 11 N Health Health facilities and institutions Medical education Medicare Health 00 2009-05-21 Introduced in House 2009-06-02T20:11:13Z Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to additional payments to subsection (d) hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (IME).

Declares that, if a subsection (d) hospital (new hospital) begins operations on or after January 1, 2010, within 35 road miles of an existing sole community hospital, the existing hospital shall continue to be treated for payment purposes as a sole community hospital if: (1) the new hospital is privately owned or operated as a for-profit entity; and (2) a portion of the new hospital's ownership is attributable to physicians.

(Generally, a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

]]> To amend section 1886 of the Social Security Act to continue sole community hospital treatment for certain hospitals. Display Title To amend section 1886 of the Social Security Act to continue sole community hospital treatment for certain hospitals. Official Title as Introduced To amend section 1886 of the Social Security Act to continue sole community hospital treatment for certain hospitals. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2009-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2610ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2610ih.xml 2009-05-21 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.