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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AG95 Publication ID: Fall 1995 
Title: Medicare Program: Changes to the Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 1996 Rates (BPD-825-FC) 
Abstract: This rule would make revisions to the inpatient hospital prospective payment systems for operating costs and capital-related costs. It also would include changes in the methods amounts and factors used to determine the prospective payment rates applicable to discharges occurring during FY 1996. In addition, the rule would set forth the rate of increase limits for hospitals and hospital units excluded from the prospective payment systems. Finally, this rule would eliminate the requirement for physicians to sign an "attestation form" for each Medicare patient discharged from a hospital. This rule includes provisions that are part of HCFA's regulatory reform initiative and the Department's regulatory reinvention initiative. 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 412    42 CFR 413   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1395ww   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    09/00/1995 
NPRM  Statutory    05/00/1995 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/02/1995  60 FR 29202   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/01/1995  60 FR 29202   
Final Rule With Comment Period  09/01/1995  60 FR 45778   
Effective Date  10/01/1995  60 FR 45778   
Comment Period End  11/01/1995  60 FR 45778   
Final Action  To Be Determined    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Nancy Edwards
Center for Medicare Mangement
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
Phone:410 786-0378
Email: nedwards@cms.hhs.gov