# Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities-Update
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2000-07-31 · Effective 2000-10-01 · 65 FR 46770
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-19004
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 46770
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 411
- **Publication date:** 2000-07-31
- **Effective date:** 2000-10-01
- **HHS docket:** HCFA-1112-F
## Abstract

This final rule sets forth updates to the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), for fiscal year 2001. Annual updates to the PPS rates are required by section 1888(e) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Program Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999, related to Medicare payments and consolidated billing for SNFs. In addition, this rule sets forth certain conforming revisions to the regulations that are necessary in order to implement amendments made to the Act by section 103 of the Medicare, Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Program Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/07/31/00-19004/medicare-program-prospective-payment-system-and-consolidated-billing-for-skilled-nursing)
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