A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to treat certain osteopathic hospitals as rural referral centers for purposes of payment under the prospective payment system.

Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat as a rural referral center, for purposes of the prospective payment system, a rural osteopathic hospital having 3000 or fewer discharges annually.

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Timeline

1. 18 June 1985

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 June 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 20 June 1985

   Committee

   Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 18 June 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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