S. 688 · 112th Congress
Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments of 2011
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Bob Menendez
- Introduced
- 2011-03-30
- Latest action
- 2011-03-30 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply Medicare HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ) payments to subsection (d) hospitals in Puerto Rico.
(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)