Adjusts Medicare payments to hospitals with low wage indexes to ensure they receive at least 95% of the previous year's payment.

The Save Struggling Hospitals Act amends the Social Security Act to ensure that hospitals with low wage indexes receive a higher Medicare payment. Specifically, for hospitals with an area wage index below the 25th percentile, the payment will be increased by half the difference between their current index and the 25th percentile index. This adjustment aims to maintain budget neutrality and prevent hospitals from receiving less than 95% of the previous year's payment.

Adjusts Medicare payments to hospitals with low wage indexes to ensure they receive at least 95% of the previous year's payment.

The Save Struggling Hospitals Act amends the Social Security Act to ensure that hospitals with low wage indexes receive a higher Medicare payment. Specifically, for hospitals with an area wage index below the 25th percentile, the payment will be increased by half the difference between their current index and the 25th percentile index. This adjustment aims to maintain budget neutrality and prevent hospitals from receiving less than 95% of the previous year's payment.