To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced payments to rural health care providers under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act, creates eliminating Medicare sequestration for rural hospitals Section 256(d)(7) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C, and creates reversing cuts to reimbursement of bad debt for critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural hospitals Section 1861(v)(1)(T)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. It relies on compliance mandates, definition changes, reporting requirements, and grants. The main policy areas are Education, Agriculture, Healthcare, and Environment.
Who Benefits and How
Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill could face lower compliance burdens, Agricultural producers and rural communities affected by the bill could face reduced risk, and Public beneficiaries or protected communities affected by the clause could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause would take on compliance duties, Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill would take on compliance duties, and Agricultural producers and rural communities affected by the bill would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Requires short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act.
- Creates eliminating Medicare sequestration for rural hospitals Section 256(d)(7) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
- Creates reversing cuts to reimbursement of bad debt for critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural hospitals Section 1861(v)(1)(T)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
- Requires extending Medicaid primary care payments Section 1902(a)(13)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
- Requires restoring State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for certain Medicare critical access hospital designations Section 1820 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill requires short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act, creates eliminating Medicare sequestration for rural hospitals Section 256(d)(7) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C, and creates reversing cuts to reimbursement of bad debt for critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural hospitals Section 1861(v)(1)(T)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Agriculture, Healthcare, Environment
Primary Purpose
The bill requires short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act, creates eliminating Medicare sequestration for rural hospitals Section 256(d)(7) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C, and creates reversing cuts to reimbursement of bad debt for critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural hospitals Section 1861(v)(1)(T)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
Policy Domains
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Identified Gains
- Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill
- Agricultural producers and rural communities affected by the bill
- Public beneficiaries or protected communities affected by the clause
- Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities
- Financial services firms and customers affected by the bill
Identified Costs
- Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause
- Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill
- Agricultural producers and rural communities affected by the bill
- Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill
- Educational institutions and students affected by the bill
Sponsors
Sam Graves
R-MO | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Graves of Missouri (for himself and Mr. Huffman) introduced …
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