H.R. 2451 · 108th Congress

Medicare Geographic Equity in Reimbursement Act of 2003

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Steve King
Introduced
2003-06-12
Latest action
2003-06-24 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summary

Medicare Geographic Equity in Reimbursement Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to instruct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for making adjustments to the amount of payment made to entities and individuals for items and services provided under the original Medicare fee-for-service program, with specified formulae for States whose average yearly per beneficiary amount for the most recent recorded year is eight percent or more below the average of contiguous States.