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Referenced Laws
42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)
Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness for Rural Teaching Hospitals Act of 2023.
Section 2
2. Update to calculation of hospital specific rate for medicare-dependent hospitals Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is amended by inserting after clause (ii) the following: For purposes of clause (ii)(II), in calculating the amount determined under paragraph (1)(A)(iii) with respect to discharges occurring on or after the first day of the first fiscal year following the date of enactment of the Fairness for Rural Teaching Hospitals Act of 2023, the Secretary shall exclude an estimate of indirect medical costs in accordance with the requirements specified in paragraph (2)(C)(i). Following such calculation, the Secretary shall provide for an additional payment to a hospital for the indirect medical costs incurred by such hospital..