A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for consolidated treatment of certain New England County Metropolitan Areas for purposes of applying the area hospital wage index.

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Introduced

11 August 1988

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Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat a hospital which is located in a New England County Metropolitan Area (NECMA) that is adjacent to another NECMA that has a higher Medicare hospital wage index as being located in such other NECMA for purposes of applying the wage index.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5216
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