title: Medicare and Medicaid programs; miscellaneous conforming amendments--HCFA. Final rule with comment period.
abstract: These rules conform certain regulations to statutory changes enacted since those regulations were last published. Some fo the statutory changes were self-executing, and some have been implemented through amendments to other regulations. These rules also clarify and correct the regulations that are being conformed. These changes are necessary to achieve internal consistency and to ensure that users of the regulations are not misled or confused by language that does not accurately reflect current statutory provisions and current HCFA policies.
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006761:Hospitals; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States