US HB4428 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 33-9)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 2 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)
Title
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2016-02-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2016-02-02 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2016-02-02 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2016-02-02 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2016-02-02 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2832 (Related) 2016-04-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4428/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4428/BILLS-114hr4428ih.pdf |
