# Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Extension of Comment Period
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Notice of extension of comment period for interim final rule. · Published 1998-07-13 · 63 FR 37498
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-18746
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 37498
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 409
- **Publication date:** 1998-07-13
- **HHS docket:** HCFA-1913-N
## Abstract

This document extends the comment period for an interim final rule with comment period that was published in the Federal Register on May 12, 1998 (63 FR 26252). That interim final rule implements provisions in section 4432 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 related to Medicare payment for skilled nursing facility services. Those include the implementation of a Medicare prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities, consolidated billing, and a number of related changes. The comment period is extended for 60 days.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/07/13/98-18746/medicare-program-prospective-payment-system-and-consolidated-billing-for-skilled-nursing-facilities)
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