United States · Bill · S
S. 397 (115th)
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017
Introduced
15 February 2017
Last action
15 February 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL], Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA], Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA], Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL], Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA], Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)
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Timeline
15 February 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
15 February 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 15 February 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017
- related to ← Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/397
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/397
- us · 115-s-397 · source updated 5 December 2025