Save Struggling Hospitals Act
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Summary
This bill amends the Medicare payment system to codify a policy that increases reimbursement rates for hospitals located in low-wage areas. Specifically, it raises the area wage index for hospitals below the 25th percentile by half the difference between their current index and the 25th percentile threshold, effective from October 2019 forward. The adjustment is applied in a budget-neutral manner, meaning increases for low-wage hospitals are offset by adjustments elsewhere, with protections ensuring hospitals below the 75th percentile do not see reductions and no hospital's index falls below 95 percent of its prior year level.
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