110 HR 6873 IH: Medicare Hospice Protection Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2008-09-11 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6873 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2008 Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Ramstad, and Mr. Hinchey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To delay any application of the phase out of the Medicare hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor during fiscal year 2009.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2008.

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Delay in phase out of Medicare hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor during fiscal year 2009

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the final rule published on August 8, 2008, 73 Federal Register 46464 et seq., relating to Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not phase out or eliminate the budget neutrality adjustment factor in the Medicare hospice wage index before October 1, 2009, and the Secretary shall recompute and apply the final Medicare hospice wage index for fiscal year 2009 as if there had been no reduction in the budget neutrality adjustment factor.