SOLES Act
Sponsored By: Senator Dan Sullivan
Introduced
Summary
Guarantees a 94% Medicare outpatient payment floor for sole community hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii. This bill would ensure those hospitals get at least 94% of their reasonable costs for covered outpatient services and set rules to implement the change.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Higher Medicare pay for Alaska, Hawaii hospitals
If enacted, this bill would require Medicare outpatient payments for sole community hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii to be at least 94% of those hospitals' reasonable costs when current payments fall below that level. The Secretary would have to write rules within six months after enactment. Those rules would apply to services given on or after the first January 1 after the rules are made. Patient copayments would not change. The extra payments would not be implemented in a budget-neutral way and would not be treated as a normal payment adjustment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
AK • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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