To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35-mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital, and for other purposes.
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Oct 31, 2022)
Rural ER Access Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to repeal regulations that require off-campus facilities to be located within 35 miles of the main hospital or critical access hospital in order to receive provider-based status under Medicare (i.e., to be considered as hospital outpatient departments for purposes of Medicare payment).
What just happenedNov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseOct 31, 2022
- Nov 1, 2022Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Oct 31, 2022IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 - Oct 31, 2022IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 - Oct 31, 2022IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Oct 31, 2022IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House