[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4104 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4104

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the 
additional temporary exception from the Medicare site-neutral inpatient 
 payment rate to additional DRG codes for severe wound discharges from 
                       long-term care hospitals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 24, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the 
additional temporary exception from the Medicare site-neutral inpatient 
 payment rate to additional DRG codes for severe wound discharges from 
                       long-term care hospitals.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENDING ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXCEPTION FROM MEDICARE SITE-
              NEUTRAL IPPS PAYMENT RATE TO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WOUND 
              DISCHARGES LTCH DRG CODES.

    Section 1886(m)(6)(G)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(m)(6)(G)(i)(II)) is amended by striking ``MS-LTCH-DRG 602, 603, 
539, or 540'' and inserting ``MS-LTCH-DRG 981, 579, 592, 593, 602, 603, 
539, or 540''.
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