H.R. 1955 · 115th Congress
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Tom Reed
- Introduced
- 2017-04-05
- Latest action
- 2017-04-17 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
This bill permanently extends the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients) and the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals.