US Congress Senate Bill 716 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to a hospital which provides acute care services to ventilator-dependent patients who are: (1) entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance); and (2) eligible for medical assistance under a state plan approved under SSA title XIX (Medicaid). Revises ventilator-dependent patient days requirements for the disproportionate patient percentage in the formula for calculation of an additional Medicare payment for each subsection (d) hospital. (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.)

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve care for ventilator-dependent patients.

Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]

Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-26		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/716/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s716/BILLS-111s716is.pdf