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H.R. 1739

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Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Parity Act of 2003
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Committee
Latest Action · April 22, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Congress
108th (2003–2005)
Introduced
April 10, 2003
Cosponsors (5)
3D 2R
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Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Parity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise: (1) the payment formula to increase payment amounts to Puerto Rico hospitals that are based on the discharge-weighted average of the nationally adjusted DRG (diagnostically-related group) prospective payment rate for hospitals located in urban and rural areas for discharges beginning in FY 2004; and (2) the calculation of Medicare disproportionate share payments for prospective payment system hospitals in Puerto Rico.

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