S. 2501 · 113th Congress
Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Joe Manchin
- Introduced
- 2014-06-19
- Latest action
- 2014-06-19 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in determining a hospital's excess readmission ratio for purposes of making payments for discharges starting in FY2016, to risk adjust readmissions to account for patient socioeconomic status.