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“ The hospital does not condition any physician ownership or investment interests either directly or indirectly on the physician owner or investor making or influencing referrals to the hospital or otherwise generating business for the hospital. ”

“ The nature of protections needed for individuals under a system of bundled payments to ensure that individuals receive quality care, are furnished the level and amount of services needed as determined by an appropriate assessment instrument, are offered choice of provider, and the extent to which transitional care services would improve quality of care for individuals and the functioning of a bundled post-acute system. ”

“ Aggregate payments for all discharges.—The term ‘aggregate payments for all discharges’ means, for a hospital for a fiscal year, the sum of the base operating DRG payment amounts for all discharges for all conditions from such hospital for such fiscal year. ”

“ In general.—Subject to clause (ii) and subparagraph (D) , a hospital granted an exception under the process described in subparagraph (A) may increase the number of operating rooms, procedure rooms, or beds of the hospital above the baseline number of operating rooms, procedure rooms, or beds, respectively, of the hospital (or, if the hospital has been granted a previous exception under this paragraph, above the number of operating rooms, procedure rooms, or beds, respectively, of the hospital after the application of the most recent increase under such an exception) . ”

“ Administration.— (1) Funding.— For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section, in addition to funds otherwise available, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Secretary for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Program Management Account $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2012. Amounts appropriated under this paragraph for a fiscal year shall be available until expended. (2) Expedited Data Collection.— Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code shall not apply to this section. ”

“ Home Health Payment Update for 2010. Section 1895 (b) (3) (B) (ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395fff (b) (3) (B) (ii) ) is amended— (1) in subclause (IV) , by striking ``and ́ ́; (2) by redesignating subclause (V) as subclause (VII) ; and (3) by inserting after subclause (IV) the following new subclauses:
`` (V) 2007, 2008, and 2009, subject to clause (v) , the home health market basket percentage increase; `` (VI) 2010, subject to clause (v) , 0 percent ”