Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Better Way for Providers To Repay Act of 2021”.
Better Way for Providers To Repay Act of 2021
A BILL
To provide for a 1-year delay for the recoupment of certain payments made under the accelerated or advance payment programs under the Medicare program.
Sec. 2 Providing for a 1-year delay for the recoupment of certain payments made under the accelerated or advance payment programs under the Medicare program
in clause (i), by striking “1 year” and inserting “2 years”;
in clause (ii)(II), by striking “and” at the end;
in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following new clause:
“(iv) in the case such hospital has submitted any payment to the Secretary for payments under such program, suspend any offset described in clause (i) for a period of time such that the aggregate amount of any payments so submitted equals the aggregate amount of such offsets that would have been made during such period had this clause not applied.”
Part B— Section 2501(a)(2)(A) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act (Public Law 116–159) is amended—
in clause (i), by striking “1 year” and inserting “2 years”;
in clause (ii)(II), by striking “and” at the end;
in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following new clause:
“(iv) in the case such provider or supplier has submitted any payment to the Secretary for payments under such program, suspend any offset described in clause (i) for a period of time such that the aggregate amount of any payments so submitted equals the aggregate amount of such offsets that would have been made during such period had this clause not applied.”