Extension of Increased Inpatient Hospital Payment Adjustment for Certain Low-Volume Hospitals
Section 6201 · Sec. 6201 ·
What this chapter is about
This part moves a set of dates in the Social Security Act by about one year. The dates govern extra pay for hospitals with few patients. It also lets the health chief put the change in place by program instruction.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6201 in the PDF
What the document says
“in subparagraph (B), by striking ``during the portion of fiscal year 2026 beginning on January 31, 2026, and ending on September 30, 2026, and in fiscal year 2027'' and inserting ``during the portion of fiscal year 2027 beginning on January 1, 2027, and ending on September 30, 2027, and in fiscal year 2028'';”
Section 6201 amends section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act in six places. Each amendment moves a date range forward by about one year, so that periods that ran through fiscal year 2025 or into January 2026 now run through fiscal year 2026 or into December 2026 or later.
What the document actually says
“in subparagraph (B), by striking ``during the portion of fiscal year 2026 beginning on January 31, 2026, and ending on September 30, 2026, and in fiscal year 2027'' and inserting ``during the portion of fiscal year 2027 beginning on January 1, 2027, and ending on September 30, 2027, and in fiscal year 2028'';”
That sentence, in plain words
Cross out the words naming part of 2026 and the year after. Write in words that name part of 2027 and the year after that.
What this is about
A hospital with few patients gets extra pay under this rule. The rule was set to end. Moving the dates keeps it going.
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The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 6201 in the PDF
What the document says
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendments made by this section by program instruction or otherwise.”
Subsection (b) of section 6201 allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement the amendments by program instruction or otherwise, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
What the document actually says
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendments made by this section by program instruction or otherwise.”
That sentence, in plain words
The health chief may put these changes in place through a program notice. Other law does not stand in the way.
What this is about
Writing a rule takes months of notice and comment. A program notice is faster. This part allows the faster path.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
The two things the section does: move the date ranges in section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act forward, and allow implementation by program instruction or otherwise.
The six parallel strike-and-insert instructions listed one by one. They make the same forward shift in different subparagraphs.
The section amends the Social Security Act, which is not indexed here, so what the low-volume payment adjustment provides is not recorded on this site.
