Health Programs Technical Corrections Bill
On July 14, 2010, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 5712, the “Veterans’, Seniors’, and Children’s Health Technical Corrections Act of 2010.” Among other things, the bill would: provide for implementation of version 4 of the SNF Resource Utilization Groups, or “RUG IV” system on October 1, 2010; clarify treatment of distribution of residency positions between teaching hospitals under an “affiliation agreement”; clarify access of children’s hospitals to 340B drug discounts on orphan drugs; and extend through FY 2011 certain hospital geographic reclassifications authorized under section 508 of the Medicare Modernization Act that expire September 30, 2010. The Senate has not yet considered the bill.
