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S. 1613 (99th)

Medicare Miscellaneous Amendments of 1985

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9 September 1985

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

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Summary

Medicare Miscellaneous Amendments of 1985 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to change the deductible and coinsurance for inpatient hospital services and for post-hospital extended care services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, to collect information and develop one or more methodologies to provide for area hospital wage adjustments for central cities and rural areas. Requires a report to Congress. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, to conduct demonstration projects on the feasibility of making Medicare payments for physicians' services to hospital inpatients on the basis of diagnosis-related groups. Requires certain reports. Provides for the transfer of funds from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to the Secretary to carry out such projects.

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