Lets long-term care hospitals get higher Medicare payments for treating very sick patients.
This bill would let long-term care hospitals receive higher Medicare payments for treating patients with very serious conditions. Currently, these hospitals often get 'site-neutral' payments, which can be lower for complex cases. The change would create a new exception to these standard payments for certain critically ill Medicare beneficiaries, starting October 1, 2026.
Today, Medicare generally pays long-term care hospitals a standard 'site-neutral' rate for patient care, with some exceptions for specific conditions like needing a ventilator. If this bill passes, long-term care hospitals would have a new exception for patients with very serious conditions, allowing them to receive higher Medicare payments for those cases. This change would apply to patient discharges on or after October 1, 2026.
HR 1924 · 119th Congress · March 6, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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