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S.653: Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Parity Act of 2003
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 108th Congress
- This bill is primarily about health
- Introduced March 18, 2003
- Latest Major Action March 18, 2003
- See the two similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Parity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise: (1) the payment formula to increase payment amounts to Puerto Rico hospitals that are based on the applicable Federal percentage of the discharge-weighted average of the national adjusted DRG (diagnostically-related group) prospective payment rate for hospitals located in urban and rural areas for discharges beginning...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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| March 18, 2003 |
Introduced in the Senate by Richard J. Santorum (R-Pa.) |