US HB2249 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on June 21 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 21 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Fair Competition for Hospitals Act of 2011 - Requires the wage index applying to a certain kind of subsection (d) hospital under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to be the highest wage index assigned to hospitals in the core-based statistical area in which the hospital is located (regardless of which state the hospital is located in) as a result of the requirement of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 that the area wage index applicable to any hospital which is not located in a rural area be not less than the area wage index applicable to hospitals located in rural areas in the state in which the hospital is located. (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.) Limits the application of this Act to a subsection (d) hospital: (1) located in a core-based statistical area comprising counties from more than one state, but (2) not located in a core-based statistical area in which one or more hospitals are subject to a specified minimum wage index, and (3) not located in a core-based statistical area in which the highest wage index applies to hospitals covered by this Act under a state Medicare reimbursement system.
Title
Fair Competition for Hospitals Act of 2011
Sponsors
Rep. David McKinley [R-WV] | Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV] | Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2011-07-07 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2011-06-21 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. |
Same As/Similar To
SB1242 (Same As) 2011-06-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Wages and earnings
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Wages and earnings
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2249/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2249/BILLS-112hr2249ih.pdf |