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H.R. 4112 (107th)

Medicare Rural Access Preservation Act of 2002

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Introduced

9 April 2002

Last action

23 April 2002 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

Sponsors

Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3], Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16], Rep. Watkins, Wes [R-OK-3], Rep. Schaffer, Bob [R-CO-4], Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2], Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large], Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]

Subjects

Healthcare, Taxation, Budget

Source updated

19 August 2025

Healthcare · Taxation · Budget

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Summary

Medicare Rural Access Preservation Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to covered outpatient department (OPD) services furnished in sole community hospitals during 2003 or 2004, to require that the payment due be increased by the difference between the two amounts whenever the prospective payment system (PPS) amount is less than the pre-BBA amount (the amount determined before enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997). Increases by 20 percent the Medicare payment for home health care furnished in a frontier area during 2003 through 2006. Permits hospitals to increase temporarily above 15 the number of acute care inpatient beds, provided the hospital will maintain an annual average daily inpatient census of not more than 12 beds. Increases by 15 percent the Medicare payment for hospice care furnished in a frontier area during 2003 through 2006. Prohibits the Secretary of Human Services and a fiscal intermediary from taking action to deny payment for hospice care for an individual on the basis that the individual is not terminally ill if the individual dies within six months of the date admitted into the hospice program. Directs the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to evaluate the standards used by fiscal intermediaries in denying a physician certification that an individual is terminally ill.

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Timeline

  1. 9 April 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 9 April 2002

    Introduced

    Referred 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 9 April 2002

    Introduced

    Referred 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 9 April 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 23 April 2002

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Source: Committee

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