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RIN: 0938-AH55

Publication ID: Spring 1998

Title: Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 1998 Rates (HCFA-1878-F)
Abstract: This final rule responds to public comments received on those portions of a final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on August 29, 1997, that revised the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems for operating costs and capital-related costs to implement necessary changes resulting from the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997, Public Law 105-33. This rule also addresses public comments on other BBA changes relating to cost limits for hospitals and hospital unites excluded from the prospective payment systems, as well as direct graduate medical education payments, that were included in the August 29, 1997 document. Generally, these BBA changes were applicable to hospital discharges occurring on or after October 1, 1997.
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
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 412 42 CFR 413 42 CFR 489
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1395ww

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
NPRM	Statutory		05/01/1997
Final	Statutory		09/01/1997

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	06/02/1997	62 FR 29902
NPRM Comment Period End	08/01/1997
Final Rule With Comment Period	08/29/1997	62 FR 45966
Final Rule Comment Period End	10/28/1997
Final Action	04/00/1998

Additional Information: HCFA-1878-F ^PHCFA published a final rule with comment period on 8/29/97. HCFA is responding to the comments in a final rule under development.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: Federal, State
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Tzvi Hefter Director, Division of Acute Care Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services C4-07-07, Center for Medicare Management, 7500 Security Boulevard, C4-07-07, Baltimore, MD 21244 Phone:410 786-4487