Medicare program; payment for preadmission services--HCFA. Interim final rule with comment period.
This interim final rule specifies that inpatient hospital operating costs include certain preadmission services furnished by the hospital (or by an entity that is wholly owned or operated by the hospital) to the patient up to 3 days before the date of the patient's admission to that hospital. These provisions implement amendments made to section 1886(a)(4) of the Social Security Act by section 4003 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
D017046:Cost Savings / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000191:economics*; D016344:Medicare Part A / Q000191:economics*; D016345:Medicare Part B / Q000191:economics; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States