Reviewing Urban and Rural Adjustments to Level Hospital Expenses and Lopsided Payments Act of 2021 or the RURAL HELP Act of 2021 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine whether costs incurred by rural hospitals exceed costs incurred by urban hospitals under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system and to adjust payments accordingly.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health
Government studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHospital careMedicareRural conditions and developmentUrban and suburban affairs and development
RURAL HELP Act of 2021
USA117th CongressHR-1749| House
| Updated: 3/10/2021
Reviewing Urban and Rural Adjustments to Level Hospital Expenses and Lopsided Payments Act of 2021 or the RURAL HELP Act of 2021 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine whether costs incurred by rural hospitals exceed costs incurred by urban hospitals under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system and to adjust payments accordingly.
Government studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHospital careMedicareRural conditions and developmentUrban and suburban affairs and development