S. 1900 · 112th Congress
Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2011
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Bob Menendez
- Introduced
- 2011-11-17
- Latest action
- 2011-11-17 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2011, and before October 1, 2014, 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.)