United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5660 (117th)
Fairness for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
Introduced
21 October 2021
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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3 January 2025
Summary
Fairness for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021 This bill modifies the payment methodology and coinsurance amount for outpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare. Currently, the payment rate for such services is 101% of reasonable costs; the coinsurance amount for such services is 20% of the applicable charges. The bill modifies this methodology so as to base the 20% coinsurance amount on the fee schedule under the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 21 October 2021
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 21 October 2021
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 21 October 2021
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5660
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5660