3.0.0 3178 2023-01-11T13:33:15Z 2023-01-11T13:33:15Z Senate S 2016-07-13 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-13T17:27:57Z Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016 114 5767 HR 2016-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2016-07-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2016-07-13 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2016-07-13 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2016-07-13 True Health Hospital care Medicare Health 00 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-16T16:30:05Z Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a hospital that meets specified criteria and is located in a state with no rural areas to be considered a Medicare-dependent hospital. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall establish and implement a process for reimbursing impacted hospitals for any underpayments resulting from this bill's implementation.

]]> Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016 Display Title Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit hospitals in all-urban States to be considered Medicare dependent hospitals, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3178is/xml/BILLS-114s3178is.xml 2016-07-13 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.