Healthcare Enhancement for Americas Rural Towns Act or the HEART Act
This bill permanently extends and otherwise revises the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients). The bill also extends through FY 2019 the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-31 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House floor actions |
| 2017-10-31 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |