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S. 332

Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015

Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make permanent the Medicare-dependent, small rural subsection (d) hospital program and increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.

(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA](R-IA)Sponsor
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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Finance Committee
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    Introduced in Senate

Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 — Informed