A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit classification of certain hospitals as rural referral centers, to permit reclassification of certain hospitals for disproportionate share payments, and to permit sole community hospitals to rebase Medicare payments based upon fiscal year 1994 and 1995 costs
Contributors: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
Publisher: [United States Government Printing Office]
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Rural hospitals; Medicare; Finance; Classification; Law and legislation; Federal aid to rural health services
Other titles: Rural Health Care Protection Act of 1997.; 105th Congress, 1st Session, S. 817 in the Senate of the United States.; To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit classification of certain hospitals as rural referral centers, to permit reclassification of certain hospitals for disproportionate share payments, and to permit sole community hospitals to rebase Medicare payments based upon fiscal year 1994 and 1995 costs.
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Introduced May 23, 1997; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

CMS copy in folder: Public Laws / Bills / Senate / 105th Congress / 1st Session / 1997.