Medicare and Medicaid Budget Reconciliation Amendments of 1985

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Title I: Health Care Programs - Medicare and Medicaid Budget Reconciliation Amendments of 1985 - Part A: Changes Relating Primarily to Part A of the Medicare Program - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that the applicable percentage increase for cost reporting periods beginning during FY 1986, with respect to payments for inpatient hospital services, shall be one percent. Provides for a one-year extension of the DRG transitional period by maintaining the current blend of rates for an additional year. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adjust payment amounts for hospitals for discharges occurring during FY 1986 to reflect changes the Secretary has proposed in specified regulations respecting the hospital wage index. Revises the formula which provides for additional payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education. Provides for an additional payment to an urban hospital of 100 or more beds that serves a disproportionate share of low-income patients. Treats as a rural referral center a rural osteopathic hospital having 3000 or fewer discharges annually. Prohibits the Secretary from limitin…