legislation: 109-s-4017

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109-s-4017 109 s 4017 Hospital Payment Improvement and Equity Act of 2006 Health 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 1 Hospital Payment Improvement and Equity Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process under which a hospital may appeal its wage index classification under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and select another area within the state (or, at the Secretary's discretion, within a contiguous state) to which to be reclassified. Prescribes special rules for: (1) a competitively disadvantaged hospital in a single-hospital Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) surrounded by rural counties; and (2) rehabilitation hospitals and rehabilitation units. 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z  

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