Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 16, 2017)
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)
What just happenedMar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 16, 2017
- Mar 1, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 17, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 16, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 16, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Feb 16, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 16, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 16, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House