3.0.0 716 2023-01-11T13:19:41Z 2023-01-11T13:19:41Z Senate S S 2009-03-26 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-26T16:36:45Z 2009-03-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-03-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2009-03-26 True Health Hospital care Medicare Health 00 2009-03-26 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-13T20:09:50Z Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to a hospital which provides acute care services to ventilator-dependent patients who are: (1) entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance); and (2) eligible for medical assistance under a state plan approved under SSA title XIX (Medicaid).

Revises ventilator-dependent patient days requirements for the disproportionate patient percentage in the formula for calculation of an additional Medicare payment for each subsection (d) hospital.

(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.)

]]> A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve care for ventilator-dependent patients. Display Title A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve care for ventilator-dependent patients. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve care for ventilator-dependent patients. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2009-03-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s716is/xml/BILLS-111s716is.xml 2009-03-26 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.