Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities-Update
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2003-08-04 · Effective 2003-10-01 · 68 FR 46036
Document
Document number
03-19677
Federal Register citation
68 FR 46036
CFR reference
42 CFR 409
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2003-08-04
Effective date
2003-10-01
HHS docket
CMS-1469-F
Abstract
This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), for fiscal year (FY) 2004. Annual updates to the PPS rates are required by section 1888(e) of the Social Security Act (the Act), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA), and the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA), relating to Medicare payments and consolidated billing for SNFs.