HOUSE 1130115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/1/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-02-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-02-16Referred 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.
- 2017-02-16Referred 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.
- 2017-02-16Referred 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.
- 2017-02-16Introduced in House
- 2017-02-16Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-16 (00)
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.)
Cosponsors (20)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- David Roe (R-TN)
- Bradley Byrne (R-AL)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Martha Roby (R-AL)
- Mike Rogers (R-AL)
- Mo Brooks (R-AL)
- JOHN DUNCAN (R-TN)
- JAMES COOPER (D-TN)
- Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)
- Charles Fleischmann (R-TN)
- David Kustoff (R-TN)
- ROBERT ADERHOLT (R-AL)
- Rick Allen (R-GA)
- Gregg Harper (R-MS)
- H. Griffith (R-VA)
- Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
- Ralph Abraham (R-LA)
- Earl Carter (R-GA)
Subjects
- Health personnel
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Medicare
- Wages and earnings
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