3.0.0 362 2023-01-11T13:15:54Z 2023-01-11T13:15:54Z House H HR 2009-01-09 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-01-14T16:11:41Z Referred to 2009-01-09T14:00:50Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-01-09T14:00:49Z Medicare Support for Rural Hospitals Act 111 3422 HR 2009-07-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 111 3590 HR 2010-03-23 Became Public Law No: 111-148. Related bill CRS 2009-01-14 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-01-09 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-01-09 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 2009-01-09 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000652 Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] LEONARD BOSWELL D IA L. 3 N L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2009-01-09 True B000420 Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] MARION BERRY D AR 1 2009-01-09 True B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 2009-01-09 True E000172 Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] JO EMERSON R MO ANN 8 2009-01-09 True S000465 Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] IKE SKELTON D MO 4 2009-01-14 False B001254 Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] Dan Boren D OK 2 2009-01-14 False C001065 Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10] Christopher Carney D PA P. 10 2009-01-15 False W000801 Rep. Wilson, Charles A. [D-OH-6] Charles Wilson D OH A. 6 2009-01-22 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2009-01-22 False S001158 Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] John Salazar D CO T. 3 2009-02-11 False O000006 Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] JAMES OBERSTAR D MN L. 8 2009-02-11 False P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2009-04-28 False C001060 Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3] Russ Carnahan D MO 3 2009-06-16 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2009-07-13 False M000934 Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] Jerry Moran R KS 1 2009-09-10 False T000260 Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] TODD TIAHRT R KS 4 2010-04-14 False Health Consumer affairs Government information and archives Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Hospital care Marketing and advertising Medical ethics Medicare Rural conditions and development Health 00 2009-01-09 Introduced in House 2009-05-13T20:17:41Z Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act 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 FY2009 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 prospective payment rate (PPS) rate during FY2010 under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program.

Prescribes requirements for hospitals to qualify for a Medicare hospital exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals to hospitals in which such physicians have an ownership or investment interest in the entity. (Eliminates the Medicare hospital exception for physician-owned hospitals, but provides a limited exception for existing facilities.)

]]> Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009 Display Title Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for temporary improvements to the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to provide for the use of the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr362ih/xml/BILLS-111hr362ih.xml 2009-01-14 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.