Rural Hospital Support Act

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R GrassleySponsor

16 cosponsors · 8 D, 8 R

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This bill modifies and extends certain payment adjustments for rural hospitals under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 30, 2025

Rural Hospital Support Act

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 on March 31, 2025).

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Rural Hospital Support Act

Latest action (Jan 30, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 30, 2025

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

No recorded floor vote found.