118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1110 — Rural Hospital Support Act

“A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to rebase the calculation of payments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals, and for other purposes.”

Health

Introduced Mar 30, 2023

Last action Mar 30, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Mar 30, 2023

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Referred

Mar 30, 2023

Finance

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

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 FY2024).

Provisions · 6 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Mar 30, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Mar 30, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.