Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make permanent the Medicare-dependent, small rural subsection (d) hospital program and increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.
(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-02-12 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2015-02-02 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House floor actions |
| 2015-02-02 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |