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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AM75 Publication ID: Spring 2005 
Title: Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective System and Calendar Year 2005 Payment Rates (CMS-1427-FC) 
Abstract: The rule revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system beginning January 1, 2005. It also responds to comments received from the 2004 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) update (CMS-1371-IFC). 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1395L    Balanced Budget Act of 1997    Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999    Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    01/01/2005 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/16/2004  69 FR 50497   
Final Action  11/15/2004  69 FR 65682   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Related RINs: Related to 0938-AM96 
Agency Contact:
Joan Sanow
Acting Division Director
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Center for Medicare Mangement, Hospital and Ambulatiory Group, Div of Outpatient Care, C4-05-17, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone:410 786-9739
Email: jsanow@cms.hhs.gov