H.R. 663 · 114th Congress
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Tom Reed
- Introduced
- 2015-02-02
- Latest action
- 2015-02-12 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make permanent the Medicare-dependent, small rural subsection (d) hospital program and increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.
(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)