Changes in Medicare capital PPS rates and rules
Grimaldi, P.
Healthcare financial management journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 46(12): 40
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 10145723 Document Number: 393446
Author Grimaldi discusses recent changes in Medicare's capital prospective payment system (PPS) regulations, published in the Federal Register, September 1992, as well as major changes in operating cost guidelines that affect capital payments. Policy interpretations that the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has issued in the past year are reviewed, and changes made to the Medicare cost report in order to accommodate capital PPS are summarized schedule by schedule.