| Start Date | 2021-04-14 |
|---|---|
| Geographic Scope | National |
| Law | Public Law 117-7 |
| Type of Legislation | House Bill |
| Congress | 117 |
| Linked Proposal | Proposal:To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes. |
| Source | View original on Congress.gov |
Description
This bill makes several budgetary and technical changes to provisions under Medicare and Medicaid.
The bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until December 31, 2021. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)
The bill also specifically
- applies certain modified payment limits to rural health clinics that temporarily enrolled in Medicare during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or that applied to enroll by December 31, 2020; and
- preserves higher Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments for public hospitals in California under forthcoming payment methodology changes.
Geographic Scope
National
Start Date
2021-04-14
Public Law Title
To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes.