title: Medicare program; mid-year FY 1991 changes to the inpatient hospital prospective payment system--HCFA. Final rule with comment period.
abstract: This final rule with comment period implements several provisions of section 4002 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508) that affect Medicare payment for inpatient hospital services and that take effect with discharges occurring on or after January 1, 1991. The provisions of section 4002 of Public Law 101-508 affect the following: The standardized amounts, the hospital wage index, rural counties whose hospitals are deemed urban, and hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low income patients.
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016344:Medicare Part A / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000145:classification; D014481:United States