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This bill, the Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2024, amends the Social Security Act to establish a new criterion for the non-application of site-neutral payments to long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program. Specifically, it adds a "high acuity criterion" where patients discharged from a long-term care hospital are assigned to a Medicare Severity Long-Term Care Diagnosis-Related-Group (MS-LTC-DRG) with a relative weight equal to or greater than 0.8, and the discharge occurs on or after October 1, 2025. This change aims to ensure continued access to care for seniors in critical condition by maintaining higher Medicare payments for long-term care hospitals treating these high-acuity patients.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8576/all-info