Rural Hospital Support Act

Summary

Rural Hospital Support Act This bill modifies and extends certain payment adjustments for rural hospitals under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system. Specifically, the bill indexes payment adjustments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals to FY2016 operating costs, if it results in higher payments for such hospitals. The bill also makes payment adjustments for Medicare-dependent hospitals and low-volume hospitals permanent (the adjustments currently expire at the end of FY2022).

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Timeline

1. 6 April 2022

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 April 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 6 April 2022 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
• Chuck Grassley · R · Sponsor
• Shelley Capito · R · Cosponsor
• John Barrasso · R · Cosponsor
• John Kennedy · R · Cosponsor
• Timothy Kaine · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
• Michael Bennet · D · Cosponsor
• Jerry Moran · R · Cosponsor
• Kyrsten Sinema · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
• Roger Marshall · R · Cosponsor
• Martin Heinrich · D · Cosponsor
• Roger Wicker · R · Cosponsor
• Mark Kelly · D · Cosponsor
• John Boozman · R · Cosponsor
• Tina Smith · D · Cosponsor
• Josh Hawley · R · Cosponsor
• Jeanne Shaheen · D · Cosponsor
• Susan Collins · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
• Joni Ernst · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

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