Essential Hospital Preservation Act of 2000

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Essential Hospital Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise provisions for payment to hospitals for inpatient hospital services to: (1) deem certain hospitals as essential hospitals necessary for the delivery of health care to all Medicare and other residents of the hospital referral region; (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase all payments for all services provided under Medicare by such a deemed hospital; and (3) require each hospital receiving deemed status and increased payments under this Act to submit an economic recovery plan to HHS for long-range (post-deemed status) financial viability.…