Extension of Increased Inpatient Hospital Payment Adjustment for Certain Low-Volume Hospitals
Section 2201 · Sec. 2201 ·
What this chapter is about
This part changes dates in a hospital payment rule. The rule pays more to hospitals with few patients. The dates now cover all of the budget year 2025.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2201 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)) is amended”
Subsection (a) makes eight edits to section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)). Each strikes wording that split fiscal year 2025 at March 31, 2025 or April 1, 2025, and puts the whole of fiscal year 2025 in its place.
What the document actually says
“Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)) is amended”
That sentence, in plain words
A part of the Social Security Act is changed.
What this is about
The old wording cut the year in two at the end of March. The new wording covers the whole year. The rule pays more to hospitals that treat few patients.
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The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 2201 in the PDF
What the document says
“the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendments made by this section by program instruction or otherwise.”
Subsection (b) allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to put the section's amendments into effect by program instruction or otherwise, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
What the document actually says
“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 Secretary may put these changes in place. A written note is enough.
What this is about
Agencies often have to write a rule first. That takes months. This lets the Secretary skip that and just send word.
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The date changes the section makes, taken together, and the separate power it gives the Secretary to carry them out.
Each of the eight edits is not recorded on its own. They all do the same thing: replace a split fiscal year 2025 with the whole of fiscal year 2025.
The section works by amending the Social Security Act. That law is not indexed here, so this file does not say how the payment adjustment is figured or how large it is.
