S. 4017 · 109th Congress
Hospital Payment Improvement and Equity Act of 2006
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Arlen Specter
- Introduced
- 2006-09-29
- Latest action
- 2006-09-29 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Hospital Payment Improvement and Equity Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process under which a hospital may appeal its wage index classification under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and select another area within the state (or, at the Secretary's discretion, within a contiguous state) to which to be reclassified.
Prescribes special rules for: (1) a competitively disadvantaged hospital in a single-hospital Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) surrounded by rural counties; and (2) rehabilitation hospitals and rehabilitation units.