Department of Health and Human Services--Medicare program: inpatient hospital deductible for 1981. Notice.
This notice announces Medicare's inpatient hospital deductible and coinsurance amounts for spells of illness beginning in 1981. The Medicare statute specifies the formula the Secretary uses to determine these amounts. The inpatient hospital deductible will be $204. The daily coinsurance amounts will be: (a) $51 for the 61st through 90th days of hospitalization; (b) $102 for lifetime reserve days; and (c) $25.50 for the 21st through the 100th days of post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility. Each figure represents an increase of approximately 13.33 percent over the corresponding 1980 figure.
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