To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include a percentage of the inpatient days attributable to patients in a hospital's psychiatric unit in the formula used to determine the eligibility of a hospital for a disproportionate share adjustment in the amount paid to the hospital for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services under part A of the medicare program.

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Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include 25 percent of the inpatient days attributable to patients in a hospital's psychiatric unit in the formula used in determining whether a hospital serves a disproportionate share of low-income patients and is thereby eligible for an additional Medicare payment.

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• Introduced in House (text)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 April 1990

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