title: Medicare program; provisions of the Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000; inpatient payments and rates and costs of graduate medical education. Interim final rule with comment period.
abstract: This interim final rule with comment period implements, or conforms the regulations to, certain statutory provisions relating to Medicare payments to hospitals for inpatient services that are contained in the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program)Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA). Many of the provisions of BIPA modify changes to the Social Security Act made by the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 or the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 or both. Some of the provisions of BIPA have effective dates that are prior to its passage on December 21, 2000.
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000191:economics*; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics*; D011907:Rate Setting and Review; D014481:United States