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Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act
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Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act This bill alters the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services furnished at sole community hospitals (i.e., rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area). Specifically, the bill applies a minimum area wage adjustment to payments to sole community hospitals that are located up to 75 miles from the closest frontier (i.e., predominantly rural) state. Currently, the minimum area wage adjustment applies only to hospitals in frontier states. The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act to allow such sole community hospitals to participate in the 340B drug pricing program (i.e., a program that allows entities to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices from manufacturers).
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 5498, the Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, to allow Sole Community Hospitals that are close to a Frontier State to receive the Medicare Floor on Area Wage Index for Hospitals in Frontier States and to qualify for the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 5498, the Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, to allow Sole Community Hospitals that are close to a Frontier State to receive the Medicare Floor on Area Wage Index for Hospitals in Frontier States and to qualify for the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.6157, Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, FY2019, Medical Center related initiatives; and Opioid related issues Medical Center related initiatives H.R.4392, To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes, 340B issues H.R.4710, 340B Protecting Access for the Underserved and Safety-net Entities (PAUSE) Act, generally S.2453, Ensuring the Value of the 340B Program Act of 2018, generally H.R.2889, Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act, generally S.2312, Helping Ensure Low-income Patients have Access to Care and Treatment (HELP) Act, generally S.356/H.R.1027, Hallways to Health Act, generally H.R.5150, Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018, generally H.R.5598, 340B Optimization Act, generally H.R.6071, Stretching Entity Resources for Vulnerable (SERV) Communities Act, generally H.R.5498, Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, generally H.R.6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, generally H.R.6240, Drug Discount Accountability Act, generally H.R.6273, To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure appropriate care by certain 340B covered entities for victims of sexual assault, and for other purposes, generally H.R.6082, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act, generally
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 5498, the Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, to allow Sole Community Hospitals that are close to a Frontier State to receive the Medicare Floor on Area Wage Index for Hospitals in Frontier States and to qualify for the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S.3158, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2019, Medical Center related initiatives; and Opioid related issues Medical Center related initiatives H.R.4392, To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes, 340B issues H.R.4710, 340B Protecting Access for the Underserved and Safety-net Entities (PAUSE) Act, generally S.2453, Ensuring the Value of the 340B Program Act of 2018, generally H.R.2889, Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act, generally S.2312, Helping Ensure Low-income Patients have Access to Care and Treatment (HELP) Act, generally S.356/H.R.1027, Hallways to Health Act, generally H.R.5150, Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018, generally H.R.5598, 340B Optimization Act, generally H.R.6071, Stretching Entity Resources for Vulnerable (SERV) Communities Act, generally H.R.5498, Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act, generally
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE