Medicare program; treatment of cost of uncompensated services furnished in fulfillment of a Hill-Burton free care obligation--HCFA. Final rule with comment period.
This rule revises the Medicare regulations concerning treatment of charity care costs (42 CFR 405.420) to state explicitly that Medicare will not share in the costs of uncompensated services furnished by a provider in fulfillment of a Hill-Burton free care obligation. This revision implements Section 106 of Pub. L. 97-248, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006761:Hospitals; D008489:Medical Indigency; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States