legislation: 113-hr-5531

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113-hr-5531 113 hr 5531 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the 2-year phase-in for changes in hospital wage index classification from rural to urban without requiring waiver of a wage index increase, and for other purposes. Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] PA D C001090 1 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any subsection (d) hospital located in an area which after September 30, 2014, is reclassified from a rural to an urban area from being required to waive the application of a wage index increase in order to be eligible for such reclassification for the first two fiscal years for which the reclassification from rural to urban is effective. (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.) 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z  

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