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S. 1466 (101st)

Rural Hospital Improvements Act of 1989

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Introduced

2 August 1989

Last action

2 August 1989 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK], Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA], Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH], Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA], Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS], Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI], Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD], Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

26 August 2025

Healthcare

Summary

Rural Hospital Improvements Act of 1989 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide an additional payment to each Medicare-dependent, small, rural hospital for discharges occurring from FY 1989 through 1994 equal to the amount by which such hospitals' reasonable costs exceed Medicare payments for such discharges. Maintains the regional referral center classification and payment rate of each hospital so classified as of September 30, 1989, until the Medicare urban/rural hospital reimbursement differential is eliminated.

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Timeline

  1. 2 August 1989

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 2 August 1989

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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