3.0.0 7534 2023-01-11T13:45:59Z 2023-01-11T13:45:59Z House HR 2020-07-09 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 124 (Thursday, July 9, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KELLER:H.R. 7534.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H3077]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2020-07-09T13:46:33Z Referred to 2020-07-09T18:04:40Z 2020-07-09 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2020-07-09 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2020-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000395 Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] Fred Keller R PA 12 N K000376 Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] Mike Kelly R PA 16 2020-07-09 True H001088 Rep. Hagedorn, Jim [R-MN-1] Jim Hagedorn R MN 1 2020-07-09 True C001087 Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] Eric Crawford R AR A. "Rick" 1 2020-07-09 True T000467 Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] Glenn Thompson R PA 15 2020-07-09 True L000491 Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] FRANK LUCAS R OK D. 3 2020-07-29 False L000569 Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] Blaine Luetkemeyer R MO 3 2020-07-31 False C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2020-09-15 False Health Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Hospital care Medicare Rural conditions and development Urban and suburban affairs and development Health 00 2020-07-09 Introduced in House 2020-09-08T21:56:20Z Reviewing Urban and Rural Adjustments to Level Hospital Expenses and Lopsided Payments Act of 2020 or the RURAL HELP Act of 2020

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine whether costs incurred by rural hospitals exceed costs incurred by urban hospitals under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system and to adjust payments accordingly.

]]> RURAL HELP Act of 2020 Display Title RURAL HELP Act of 2020 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on potential disparities in incurred costs for rural and urban hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system and to authorize appropriate payment adjustments. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced RURAL HELP Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Reviewing Urban and Rural Adjustments to Level Hospital Expenses and Lopsided Payments Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr7534ih/xml/BILLS-116hr7534ih.xml 2020-07-09 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.