To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the additional temporary exception from the Medicare site-neutral inpatient payment rate to additional DRG codes for severe wound discharges from long-term care hospitals.

Bill: 115-hr-4104
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2017-10-24
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill expands a temporary exception from the Medicare site-neutral inpatient payment rate with respect to certain hospital discharges involving severe wounds.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4104 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 24, 2017 Mr. Harper 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 extend the additional temporary exception from the Medicare site-neutral inpatient payment rate to additional DRG codes for severe wound discharges from long-term care hospitals.

1. Extending additional temporary exception from Medicare site-neutral IPPS payment rate to additional severe wound discharges LTCH DRG codes Section 1886(m)(6)(G)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(6)(G)(i)(II) ) is amended by striking MS–LTCH–DRG 602, 603, 539, or 540 and inserting MS–LTCH–DRG 981, 579, 592, 593, 602, 603, 539, or 540 .