Rural Hospital Survival Act of 1995
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 5, 1995)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Programs of Health Care Financing Administration
Subtitle A: Medicare Program
Subtitle B: Other Programs
Title II: Programs of Public Health Service
Title III: Antitrust Provisions
Title IV: Commission on Reducing the Burden of Regulations
and Paperwork on Small Rural Hospitals
Rural Hospital Survival Act of 1995 - Title I: Programs of Health Care Financing Administration - Subtitle A: Medicare Program - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act regarding guidelines for determining a national adjusted DRG (diagnosis-related group) prospective payment rate to instruct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to compute, for rural hospital discharges, beginning FY 1995, the portion of the average standardized amount attributable to wages and wage-related costs. States that the portion of such amount not attributable to wages and wage-related rural hospital costs shall be equal to such portions of such amount for hospitals in another urban area. Requires the Secretary to adjust the proportion of hospitals' costs taking into account only costs attributable to wages and salaries, employee benefits, and professional fees. (This eliminates payment differentials between urban and rural hospitals.)
Expresses the sense of the Congress that payment reductions made to providers under Medicare should be adjusted to reduce their disproportionate impact upon providers in rural areas.
Subtitle B: Other Programs - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 to increase the authorization of appropriations for rural health transition grants.
Title II: Programs of Public Health Service - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants to public and private entities for demonstration projects for: (1) telecommunications which make medical advice and technologies available to rural area health professionals; and (2) increased access of rural populations to primary health services. Authorizes appropriations.
Title III: Antitrust Provisions - Provides antitrust exemption guidelines for certain rural hospitals.
Title IV: Commission on Reducing the Burden of Regulations and Paperwork on Small Rural Hospitals - Establishes the Advisory Commission on Reducing the Burden of Regulations and Paperwork on Small Rural Hospitals to analyze and report to the Secretary and the Congress on the impact on such hospitals of governmental regulations and paperwork. Authorizes appropriations.
What just happenedFeb 6, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 5, 1995
- Feb 6, 1995CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jan 31, 1995CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee - Jan 20, 1995CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 5, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Government Reform and Oversight, 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 5, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Government Reform and Oversight, 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.
Judiciary Committee - Jan 5, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Government Reform and Oversight, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 5, 1995IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Government Reform and Oversight, 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.
- Jan 5, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Government Reform and Oversight, 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.
Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Jan 5, 1995IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 5, 1995IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House