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HHS/CMS | RIN: 0938-AH55 | Publication ID: Spring 1999 |
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: Completed Actions |
Major: Yes | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 412 42 CFR 413 42 CFR 489 | |
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1395ww |
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Additional Information: HCFA-1878-F HCFA published a final rule with comment period on 8/29/97. | |
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 |