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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AC99 Publication ID: Fall 1996 
Title: Changes Concerning Suspension of Medicare Payments and Determinations of Allowable Interest Expense (BPO-118-FC) 
Abstract: This rule will change the Medicare regulations to provide for the following: (1) elimination of the requirement that in case of overpayments to health care providers, the contractor makes a determination that a suspension of payment is needed to protect the program against financial loss before the payment can be suspended; (2) clarification of procedures and roles of contractors, HCFA, and the DHHS Office of Inspector General relating to suspension of payment; (3) elimination of the requirement that investment income of providers from gifts, grants, and endowments be offset against allowable interest expenses if that investment income is commingled with other funds; and (4) extension of the list of exceptions to the interest expense investment income offset provision to include investment income from deferred compensation plans and self-insurance funds. 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 405.370 to 405.378    42 CFR 413.5    42 CFR 413.90    42 CFR 413.153   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1320b-4    42 USC 1395g    42 USC 1395x(v)(1)(A)    42 USC 1395l    42 USC 1395gg   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/22/1988  53 FR 31888   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/21/1988  53 FR 31888   
Final Rule With Comment Period  11/00/1996    
Additional Information: BPO-118
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
James Conrad
Overpayment & Medicare Secondary Payer Collection Unit,Bureau of Program Operati
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
S3-05-07, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
Phone:410 786-6976