110 HR 6966 IH: Safeguarding Our Hospitals’ Futures
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-09-18
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Safeguarding Our Hospitals’ Futures
Act of 2008
.
2.Continued
application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the
Medicare urban hospital wage floorIn the case of discharges occurring on or
after October 1, 2008, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
continue to administer section 4410(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (42
U.S.C. 1395ww note) and section 412.64(e) of title 42, Code of Federal
Regulations, in the same manner as the Secretary administered such sections for
discharges occurring during fiscal year 2008 (through a uniform, national
adjustment to the area wage index).