H.R. 830 · 108th Congress
Medicare Rural Health Care Preservation Act of 2003
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Scott McInnis
- Introduced
- 2003-02-13
- Latest action
- 2003-02-26 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Summary
Medicare Rural Health Care Preservation Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) a five-year continuation of Medicare managed care cost contracts; (2) temporary payment increases for sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services; (3) the reinstatement of periodic interim payment (PIP) with respect to the critical access hospital program, among other changes with respect to such program; (4) an extension of the temporary increase for home health services furnished in a rural area; (5) an increase in payments for hospice care furnished in frontier areas; and (6) deemed eligibility based on death in fact with respect to treatment of eligibility for hospice care.