Medicare program: reimbursement of hospital-based physicians--Health Care Financing Administration. Notice of revised injunction relating to enforcement of rules.
On March 11, 1980, (45 FR 15550) HCFA announced in the Federal Register that it would begin, effective July 1, 1980, enforcing uniformly the regulations to deny charge payments under Part B of Medicare for the alleged professional components of clinical laboratory services. However, on June 5, 1980, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas preliminarily enjoined this action during the pendency of a lawsuit filed there on May 28, 1980, challenging the policies in the March 11, 1980 notice. On June 20, 1980 we published a notice, at the direction of the court, informing the public of this injunction (45 FR 41635). On November 20, 1980, the court modified its June 5 order by specifying the circumstances in which HCFA is precluded from denying Part B charge payments for clinical laboratory services. This notice informs the public of the terms of the revised injunction.
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