H.R. 2574 · 111th Congress
Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2009
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- John Adler
- Introduced
- 2009-05-21
- Latest action
- 2009-05-21 · Introduced in House
Summary
Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2009, to revise the criteria and payment formula for "subsection (d) hospitals" which are urban Medicare-dependent hospitals.
(Generally a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)