A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the period during which medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals receive additional payments under the medicare program for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services, to revise the criteria for determining whether hospitals are eligible for such additional payments, and to provide additional payments under the medicare program to other medicare-dependent hospitals.
Medicare Dependent Hospital Relief Act of 1993 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) extend the period during which Medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals receive additional payments under Medicare for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services; (2) revise the criteria for determining whether hospitals are eligible for such additional payments; and (3) provide for additional payments under Medicare to other Medicare-dependent hospitals.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6763-6764)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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