Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016
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Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016 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.)
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2016 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S. 2832 - Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016 H.R. 5273 - Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 H.R. 3299 - Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2015 H.R. 4428 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fairness in Medicare hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals. H.R. 3716 - Ensuring Terminated Providers are Removed from Medicaid and CHIP Act S.2467 - The Patient Safety Improvement Act H.R. 4725 - The Common Sense Savings Act H.R. 2156 - Medicare Audit Improvement Act H.R. 1342 / S.688 - Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act Critical Access Hospital Reimbursement CMS-5517-P, Medicare Program: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models; Proposed Rule, May 9, 2016 CMS-1645-P, Medicare Program: Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2017; Proposed Rule, April 25, 2016 CMS-1647-P, Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2016; Proposed Rule, April 25, 2016 CMS-1655-P, Medicare Program: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2017 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers; Graduate Medical Education; Hospital Notification Procedures Applicable to Beneficiaries Receiving Observation Services; and Technical Changes Relating to Costs to Organizations and Medicare Cost Reports; Proposed Rule, April 27, 2016 (CMS-1655-P) CMS-1655-P, Medicare Program: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2017 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers; Graduate Medical Education; Hospital Notification Procedures Applicable to Beneficiaries Receiving Observation Services; and Technical Changes Relating to Costs to Organizations and Medicare Cost Reports; Proposed Rule, April 27, 2016 Public Law 114-74 CMS-1670-P, Medicare Program: Part B Drug Payment Model, Proposed Rule (Vol. 81, No. 48, March 11, 2016) CMS 10599; Home health prior authorization
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA)
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| Sherrod Brown | Democratic | OH |
| Tim Kaine | Democratic | VA |