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H.R. 5976

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To provide for a hardship waiver for recoupment of certain Medicare payments.
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Committee
Latest Action · July 28, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Congress
109th (2005–2007)
Introduced
July 28, 2006
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of a sole acute care critical access hospital serving a rural underserved area that is a Hurricane Katrina disaster area, to: (1) waive any recoupment or recovery of certain alleged Medicare overpayments in order to permit the facility's continued provision of critical services to its Medicare and underserved populations; and (2) impose no sanction against the facility in connection with any related cost report filing.

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