SENATE 397115th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 2/15/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2017-02-15Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-15 (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 (14)
- Mark Warner (D-VA)
- Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Richard Shelby (R-AL)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- David Perdue (R-GA)
- Bob Corker (R-TN)
- Thad Cochran (R-MS)
- Roger Wicker (R-MS)
- PAT ROBERTS (R-KS)
- Luther Strange (R-AL)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Doug Jones (D-AL)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
Subjects
- Health personnel
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Medicare
- Wages and earnings
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