A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit review of certain Medicare payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-2228
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2015-11-03
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Health facilities and institutions

Hospital care

Judicial review and appeals

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow adminstrative or judicial review of additional Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment determinations for&nbsp;acute care hospitals known as subsection (d) hospitals. Under current law, the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid must make DSH payments&nbsp;to&nbsp;qualifying hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of low-income patients.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2228 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 3, 2015 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Cornyn , and Mr. Schumer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit review of certain Medicare payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals, and for other purposes.

1. Review of Medicare payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (a) In general Section 1886(r) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(r) ) is amended by striking paragraph (3). (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any claim relating to a determination made under paragraph (2) of such section 1886(r) that is pending on a date that is on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.