Long Term Care Stabilization Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9173 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9173 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize payments to long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program and improve patient access. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2024 Mr. Smucker (for himself, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize payments to long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program and improve patient access. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Long Term Care Stabilization Act''. SEC. 2. TEMPORARY CAP ON FIXED LOSS AMOUNT FOR SETTING PAYMENTS FOR HIGH-COST LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITAL PATIENTS. (a) Medicare High Cost Outlier Payments to Lo…