Rural Health Care Improvement Act of 1987
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 25, 1987)
Rural Health Care Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to require that whenever the Secretary of Health and Human Services proposes a regulation or promulgates a final version of a regulation under titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), or part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Act which will have a substantial impact on small rural hospitals, the Secretary make a regulatory impact analysis available to the public.
Provides certain small sole community and rural hospitals with payment for extremely high cost cases (outlier payments) which represent five or six percent of the total payments made to such hospitals.
Sets aside ten percent of amounts expended by the Secretary on certain experiments and demonstration projects for projects relating exclusively to rural health issues.
Requires fiscal intermediaries to pay certain small rural hospitals for Medicare claims, at the latest, 30 days after receiving the request for such payment.
Amends title VII (Administration) of the Act to establish an Office of Rural Health Policy in the Office of the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration to: (1) advise the Administrator regarding the effects of changes in the Medicare and Medicaid programs on rural health; and (2) oversee compliance with provisions of this Act requiring regulatory impact analysis and rural health demonstration projects.
What just happenedDec 22, 1987
See H.R.3545.
Who’s behind it
- Dec 22, 1987CommitteeH19100
See H.R.3545.
Ways and Means Committee - Apr 2, 1987CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 31, 1987CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 25, 1987IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 25, 1987IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 25, 1987IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 25, 1987IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House