Medicare program; inpatient hospital deductible and coinsurance and skilled nursing facility coinsurance for 1990--HCFA. Notice.
This notice announces that the inpatient hospital deductible for calendar year 1990 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (part A) remains the same as announced on September 29, 1989 at 54 FR 40205. However, the repeal of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 by the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989 restored 1988 part A coverage and cost-sharing rules, including the benefit period provisions, coinsurance charges, and the three-day prior hospitalization requirement for skilled nursing facility (SNF) care. Because the Part A catastrophic benefits under the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 were in effect in 1989, the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989 included several provisions that apply to beneficiaries who were inpatients of hospitals or SNFs both at the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003669:Deductibles and Coinsurance / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006761:Hospitals; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States