To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain…

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To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.

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Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal the prohibition against Medicare participation by physician-owned hospitals that do not have a provider agreement by August 1, 2010, which nonetheless allows their Medicare participation under a rural provider and hospital exception to a specified ownership or investment prohibition if…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 17, 2011

Amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to repeal provisions: (1) postponing from August 1, 2010, to December 31, 2010, the date by which physician-owned hospitals must have a provider agreement in order to participate in Medicare under a rural provider and hospital exception to the physician-ownership or -investment prohibition if they also meet certain requirements addressing conflicts of interest, bona fide investments, patient safety issues, and expansion limitations; and (2) modifying the expansion limitation imposed on such a rural hospital

Restores related previous law amended or repealed by PPACA as if PPACA had not been enacted.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.

Latest action (Mar 28, 2011): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 17, 2011

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.