| Abstract: | In the July 31, 1998 issue of the Federal Register (63 FR 40,594), we published a final rule revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems for operating costs and capital related costs to implement applicable statutory requirements, including the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), as well as changes arising from our continuing experience with the system. In addition, in the addendum to that final rule, we announced the amounts and factors for determining prospective payment rates for Medicare hospital inpatient services for operating costs and capital-related costs applicable to discharges occurring on or after October 1, 1998, and set forth rate-of-increases limits for hospitals and hospital units excluded from the prospective payment systems. This document corrects errors made in that document. |
