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Rural Hospital Support Act

Introduced Jan 30, 2025 by Sen. Chuck Grassley

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Latest action · Jan 30, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

What it does

This bill modifies and extends certain payment adjustments for rural hospitals under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system.

Specifically, the bill indexes payment adjustments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals to FY2016 operating costs, if it results in higher payments for such hospitals. The bill also makes payment adjustments for Medicare-dependent hospitals and low-volume hospitals permanent (the adjustments currently expire on March 31, 2025).

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

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