# Medicare Program; Revision of the Procedures for Requesting Exceptions to Cost Limits for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Elimination of Reclassifications
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 1999-08-05 · Effective 1999-09-07 · 64 FR 42610
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-20015
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 42610
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 413
- **Publication date:** 1999-08-05
- **Effective date:** 1999-09-07
- **HHS docket:** HCFA-1883-F
## Abstract

This final rule revises the procedures for granting exceptions to the cost limits for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and retains the current procedures for exceptions to the cost limits for home health agencies (HHAs). It also removes the provision allowing reclassification for all providers.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/08/05/99-20015/medicare-program-revision-of-the-procedures-for-requesting-exceptions-to-cost-limits-for-skilled)
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