Medicare program; temporary delay in periodic interim payments (PIP) to hospitals--HCFA. General notice.
This notice announces a delay of Medicare payments that would otherwise be made in the last 3 weeks of September 1983 and September 1984 to hospitals reimbursed under the Periodic Interim Payment (PIP) method. This notice also specifies the conditions under which HCFA will authorize accelerated payments to individual hospitals to prevent them from experiencing severe financial distress as a result of the delay in payment. The notice reflects recent legislation (section 120 of Pub. L. 97-248), and is intended to help ensure that Medicare payments are made in accordance with that legislation.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States