H.R. 5474 (111th): Hospital Reclassification Correction Act of 2010

Introduced:
May 28, 2010 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
Sponsor:
Rep. Mark Schauer [D-MI7]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on May 28, 2010, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced May 28, 2010
Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Ways and Means

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Full Title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reclassification of hospitals as rural referral centers under the Medicare Program.

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Last updated May 28, 2010.
2 pages

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5/28/2010--Introduced.
Hospital Reclassification Correction Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board, in rendering decisions on applications for a change in geographic classification, from rejecting the application of a hospital which is the only subsection (d) hospital in its Metropolitan Statistical Area on the basis of any comparison between the hospital's average hourly wage and the average hourly wage of hospitals in the area in which it is located. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital particularly one that receives payment under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

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