US Congress House Bill 5103 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-14 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Alters the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services furnished at sole community hospitals (i.e., rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area). Specifically, the bill applies a minimum area wage adjustment to payments to sole community hospitals that are located up to 75 miles from the closest frontier (i.e., predominantly rural) state. Currently, the minimum area wage adjustment applies only to hospitals in frontier states.

Rural Hospital Frontier Workforce Fairness Act

Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]

Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2019-11-14	House	Introduced in House

HB1323 (Related) 2019-02-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5103/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5103/BILLS-116hr5103ih.pdf