[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5276 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5276

To provide for the relief of hospitals treating rural populations under 
the current calculation of the wage index modifier for the prospective 
                        payment under Medicare.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1994

  Mr. Regula introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the relief of hospitals treating rural populations under 
the current calculation of the wage index modifier for the prospective 
                        payment under Medicare.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1886 of 
the Social Security Act of 1935 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(3)(E)) is amended 
by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:
                    ``(F) Not later than October 1, 1995, and ending 
                October 1, 1996, the Secretary shall update the factor 
                under this subparagraph for each hospital in a rural 
                area, or at the request of a hospital in an urban area 
                whose wage index is not greater than .06 of the wage 
                index for rural areas of such State and which 
                demonstrates its net inpatient care revenues from rural 
                areas during prior five fiscal years exceed 20 percent 
                of its total of such net inpatient care revenues during 
                the same period, for such hospital by an added amount 
                of not less than .05, nor greater than .10, in 
                proportion to the ratio of current total wages and 
                wage-related costs of the hospital to such costs at the 
                time of their last adjustment.''.
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