Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2013

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to urban Medicare-dependent hospitals. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2013 2. Criteria and payment for certain urban Medicare-dependent hospitals (a) In general Section 1886(d)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (M) (i) For cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2013, and before October 1, 2016, in the case of a subsection (d) hospital which is an urban Medicare-dependent hospital, payment under paragraph (1)(A) shall be equal to the sum of the amount determined under clause (ii) and the amount determined under paragraph (1)(A)(iii). (ii) The amount determined under this clause is, for discharges occurring during a cost reporting period that begins on or after October 1, 2013, and before October 1, 2016, 50 percent of the amount by which the hospital’s target amount for the cost reporting period (as defined in subsection (b)(3)(L)) exceeds the amount determined under paragraph (1)(A)(iii). (iii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term urban Medicare-dependent hospital (I) located in an urban area or reclassified to an urban area for wage index purposes; (II) that does not receive payment— (aa) under subparagraph (C) as a rural referral center; (bb) under subparagraph (D) as a sole community hospital; (cc) under subparagraph (B) or under subsection (h); or (dd) under subparagraph (F); (III) that is not a physician-owned hospital, as defined in section 489.3 (IV) for which not less than 60 percent of its inpatient days or discharges during the cost reporting period beginning in fiscal year 2006, or two of the three most recently audited cost reporting periods for which the Secretary has a settled cost report, were attributable to inpatients entitled to benefits under part A and not enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan under part C. . (b) Target payment amount Section 1886(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B)(iv), by striking and (D) , (D), and (M) (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (M) For cost reporting periods occurring on or after October 1, 2013, and before October 1, 2016, in the case of a hospital that is an urban Medicare-dependent hospital (as defined in subsection (d)(5)(M)), the term target amount (i) with respect to the first 12-month cost reporting period in which this subparagraph is applied to the hospital, the allowable operating costs of inpatient hospital services (as defined in subsection (a)(4)) recognized under this title for the hospital for the 12-month cost reporting period beginning during fiscal year 2002 or 2006 (whichever results in a higher target amount), increased by the applicable percentage increase under subparagraph (B)(iv) for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2013 or 2007 through 2013, respectively; and (ii) with respect to discharges occurring after the first 12-month cost reporting period in which this subparagraph is applied to the hospital, the target amount for the preceding year increased by the applicable percentage increase under subparagraph (B)(iv). .

Summary: Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2013, and before October 1, 2016, to revise the criteria and payment formula for "subsection (d) hospitals" which are urban Medicare-dependent hospitals. (Generally a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)