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S.4017: Hospital Payment Improvement and Equity Act of 2006
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 109th Congress
- This bill is primarily about law
- Introduced Sept. 29, 2006
- Latest Major Action Sept. 29, 2006
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Bill Summary
Hospital Payment Improvement and Equity Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process under which a hospital may appeal its wage index classification under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and select another area within the state (or, at the Secretary's discretion, within a contiguous state) to which to be reclassified. Prescribes special rules for: (1) a competitively disadvantaged...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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| Sept. 29, 2006 |
Introduced in the Senate by Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) |