Medical facility construction and modernization; requirements for uncompensated services for persons unable to pay--PHS. Final rule.
The rules below revise the rules currently governing how certain health care facilities, assisted under Titles VI and XVI of the Public Health Service Act, fulfill the assurance given in their applications for assistance that they would provide a reasonable volume of services to persons unable to pay for such services. The revisions below amend the rules to permit facilities that provide substantial free or below cost medical services but nonetheless cannot receive credit for such services under current requirements with an alternative method of compliance that will enable them to fulfill their uncompensated services obligations.
D005161:Facility Regulation and Control / Q000191:economics; D005379:Financing, Construction / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000191:economics*; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014492:United States Public Health Service