To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require that, in considering the application of a hospital to change its geographic classification for purposes of determining the amount of payment to the hospital for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services under part A of the medicare program, the Secretary of Health and Human Services find the hospital's wages to be comparable to the wages of hospitals in the geographic area in which the hospital is applying to be classified if the average hourly wage of hospital is at least 85 percent of the average hourly wage of hospitals paid in such area.
Rural Hospital Payment Equity Act of 1993 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of a hospital to change its geographic classification for purposes of determining its average standardized amount or the area wage index applicable to it. Requires the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board to find the hospital's wages to be comparable to the wages of hospitals in the relevant geographic area if the hospital's average hourly wage is at least 85 percent of the average hourly wage of hospitals paid in such area.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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