Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 27.12.2000

Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities; Extension of Comment Period

This notice extends the comment period on a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on November 3, 2000 (65 FR 66304). That rule would implement section 1886(j) of the Social Security Act (the Act), as added by section 4421 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) and as amended by section 125 of the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-113). Section 1886(j) of the Act authorizes the implementation of a prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation units.