3.0.0 397 2023-01-11T13:34:46Z 2023-01-11T13:34:46Z Senate S 2017-02-15 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-15T21:41:27Z Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 115 1130 HR 2017-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2017-02-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2017-02-15 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2017-02-15 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-02-15 True S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2017-02-15 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-02-15 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-02-27 False C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2017-03-06 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2017-07-12 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2017-09-05 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2017-09-07 False S001202 Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] Luther Strange R AL 2017-09-07 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2018-02-27 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2018-04-26 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2018-05-14 False Health Health personnel Home and outpatient care Hospital care Medicare Wages and earnings Health 00 2017-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-27T20:46:41Z Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)

]]> Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 Display Title Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fairness in Medicare hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s397is/xml/BILLS-115s397is.xml 2017-02-15 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.