To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care hospitals (LTCHs).

Bill: 114-hr-5559
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2016-06-22
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to specify that&nbsp;certain provisions of&nbsp;current law&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;the calculation of hospital length of stay apply to certain long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) that are permitted, under Medicare, to establish new LTCHs or increase LTCH beds. Specifically, with respect to such LTCHs, two types of patients shall be&nbsp;excluded from the&nbsp;calculation of&nbsp;LTCH length of stay under Medicare: (1) those for whom payment is made under a Medicare Advantage plan, and (2) those for whom payment is made at the site-neutral payment rate.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5559 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 22, 2016 Mr. Smith of Missouri (for himself and Mr. Clay ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care hospitals (LTCHs).

1. Clarifying application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-excepted LTCHs Section 1206(a)(3) of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (division B of Public Law 113–67 ; 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) Clarifying application to certain additional moratorium-excepted LTCHs Subparagraph (A) shall also apply to a long-term care hospital described in section 114(d)(7) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note). .