3.0.0 3422 2023-01-11T13:18:23Z 2023-01-11T13:18:23Z House H HR 2009-07-30 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-07-31T15:41:02Z Referred to 2009-07-30T14:01:40Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-07-30T14:01:39Z Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009 111 362 HR 2009-01-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2009-07-31 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-07-30 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-07-30 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-30 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000362 Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5] Steve King R IA 5 N L000111 Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] TOM LATHAM R IA 4 2009-07-30 True Health Child health Citizenship and naturalization Health care costs and insurance Health facilities and institutions Hospital care Medicaid Medicare Poverty and welfare assistance Rural conditions and development Health 00 2009-07-30 Introduced in House 2009-10-23T21:39:58Z Medicare Support for Rural Hospitals Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the additional inpatient hospital service payment (payment adjustment) for low-volume hospitals (usually meaning a "subsection (d) hospital" located more than 25 road miles from another subsection (d) hospital and having less than 800 discharges during the fiscal year.)

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

Redefines low-volume hospital, for discharges occurring during FY2010 only, as a subsection (d) hospital located more than 15 (instead of 25) road miles from another subsection (d) hospital and having less than 1,500 (instead of 800) discharges of individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) benefits ("tweeners,'' or hospitals too large to be critical access hospitals, but too small to be financially viable under the Medicare hospital prospective payment system [PPS]).

Revises, for FY2010 only, the temporary applicable percentage in the formula for determining the payment adjustment for such hospitals.

Requires the use of the non-wage adjusted PPS rate during FY2010 under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program.

Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 to repeal the state option to verify a declaration of U.S. citizenship or nationality for purposes of Medicaid (SSA title XIX) or CHIP (Children's Health Insurance) (SSA title XXI) eligibility through verification of a name and Social Security number with the Commissioner of Social Security, as an alternative to the current documentation requirement.

]]> Medicare Support for Rural Hospitals Act Display Title Medicare Support for Rural Hospitals Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make temporary improvements to the Medicare inpatient payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Support for Rural Hospitals Act Introduced in House 2009-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3422ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3422ih.xml 2009-07-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.