Protecting Access to Spinal Surgeries Act

Bill: 116-hr-4040
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-25
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Health programs administration and funding

Hospital care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicare

Neurological disorders
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting Access to Spinal Surgeries Act</b></p> <p>This bill extends an exception to the application of site-neutral payment rates under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system. </p> <p>Currently, certain long-term care hospitals that primarily treat spinal cord injuries are excluded from such payment rates through FY2019 if they meet certain other criteria (e.g., a significant number of discharges of out-of-state patients in FY2014). The bill extends this exception through FY2024. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4040 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2019 Mr. Lewis (for himself, Mr. Crow , Mr. Perlmutter , Mrs. McBath , and Ms. DeGette ) 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 temporary exception to the application of the site neutral IPPS payment rate to discharges from certain spinal cord specialty hospitals, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Access to Spinal Surgeries Act . 2. Extension of temporary exception to application of site neutral IPPS payment rate to discharges from certain spinal cord specialty hospitals Section 1886(m)(6)(F) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(6)(F) ) is amended by striking fiscal years 2018 and 2019 and inserting any of fiscal years 2018 through 2024 .