Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1417
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-18
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area

Health facilities and institutions

Hospital care

Medicare

Puerto Rico

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the Medicare inpatient hospital services payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals to: (1) reduce the applicable Puerto Rico percentage from 25% to zero, and (2) increase the applicable federal percentage from 75% to 100%.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1417 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2015 Mr. Pierluisi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide parity to Puerto Rico hospitals with respect to inpatient hospital payments under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Puerto Rico Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2015 . 2. Modification of Medicare inpatient hospital payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals Section 1886(d)(9)(E) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(9)(E) ) is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of clause (iii); (2) in clause (iv), by inserting and before October 1, 2015, after 2004, and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (v) on or after October 1, 2015, the applicable Puerto Rico percentage is 0 percent and the applicable Federal percentage is 100 percent. .