H.R. 6873 · 110th Congress
Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2008
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Chris Van Hollen
- Introduced
- 2008-09-11
- Latest action
- 2008-09-11 · Introduced in House
Summary
Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2008 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from phasing out or eliminating the budget neutrality adjustment factor in the Medicare hospice wage index before October 1, 2009.
Directs the Secretary to recompute and apply the final Medicare hospice wage index for FY2009 as if there had been no reduction in the budget neutrality adjustment factor.