Rural Hospital Support Act
S 335 - 119 Congress
Introduced
Jan 30, 2025
Origin chamber
Senate
Updated time
Mar 10, 2025 07:10 pm
Summary
Rural Hospital Support Act
This bill modifies and extends certain payment adjustments for rural hospitals under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system.
Specifically, the bill indexes payment adjustments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals to FY2016 operating costs, if it results in higher payments for such hospitals. The bill also makes payment adjustments for Medicare-dependent hospitals and low-volume hospitals permanent (the adjustments currently expire on March 31, 2025).
Sponsors
Chuck Grassley
Senator - Iowa
Party: Republican, 1975 -
Cosponsors
Tim Kaine
Senator - Virginia
Party: Democratic, 2013 -
Jeanne Shaheen
Senator - New Hampshire
Party: Democratic, 2009 -
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Senator - Mississippi
Party: Republican, 2018 -
John Boozman
Senator - Arkansas
Party: Republican, 2001 -
Gary C. Peters
Senator - Michigan
Party: Democratic, 2009 -
Shelley Moore Capito
Senator - West Virginia
Party: Republican, 2001 -
Tina Smith
Senator - Minnesota
Party: Democratic, 2018 -
Roger Marshall
Senator - Kansas
Party: Republican, 2017 -
Roger F. Wicker
Senator - Mississippi
Party: Republican, 1995 -
John Fetterman
Senator - Pennsylvania
Party: Democratic, 2023 -
John Kennedy
Senator - Louisiana
Party: Republican, 2017 -
Peter Welch
Senator - Vermont
Party: Democratic, 2007 -
Jerry Moran
Senator - Kansas
Party: Republican, 1997 -
Mark Kelly
Senator - Arizona
Party: Democratic, 2020 -
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