Medicare program; Medicare Economic Index update for 1991--HCFA. Notice

This notice updates the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), which is used to calculate the prevailing charge levels that help to determine reasonable charges for certain physician services under the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (part B) program. As mandated by section 4105 of Public Law 101-508, for physician services furnished on or after January 1, 1991, and before January 1, 1992, the increase for primary care services will be 2 percent. There will be no increase for all other physician services.     

Medicare program; physician performance standard rates of increase for federal fiscal year 1991--HCFA. Notice

This notice announces the Federal fiscal year (FY) 1991 physician performance standard rates of increase for expenditures and volume of physician services under the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (part B) Program as required by section 1848(f)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act as added by section 4105(d) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. The physician performance standard rates of increase for FY 1991 are the following: 7.3 percent for all physician services, 3.3 percent for surgical services, and 8.6 percent for nonsurgical services.     

Medicare program; Part A premium for 1998 for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement--HCFA. Notice

This notice announces the hospital insurance premium for calendar year 1998 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (Part A) for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. The monthly Medicare Part A premium for the 12 months beginning January 1, 1998 for these individuals is $309. The reduced premium for certain other individuals as described in this notice is $170. Section 1818(d) of the Social Security Act specifies the method to be used to determine these amounts.     

Medicare program; Part A premium for 1997 for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement--HCFA. Notice

This notice announces the hospital insurance premium for calendar year 1997 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (Part A) for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. The monthly Medicare Part A premium for the 12 months beginning January 1, 1997 for these individuals is $311. The reduced premium for certain other individuals as described in this notice is $187. Section 1818(d) of the Social Security Act specifies the method to be used to determine these amounts.     

Medicare program; Part A premium for 1995 for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement--HCFA. Notice

This notice announces the hospital insurance premium for calendar year 1995 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (Part A) for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. The monthly Medicare Part A premium for the 12 months beginning January 1, 1995 for these individuals is $261. The reduced premium for certain other individuals as described in this notice is $183. Section 1818[d] of the Social Security Act specifies the method to be used to determine these amounts.     

Medicare program; Part A premium for 1999 for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement--HCFA. Notice

This notice announces the hospital insurance premium for calendar year 1999 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (Part A) for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. The monthly Medicare Part A premium for the 12 months beginning January 1, 1999 for these individuals is $309, the same as in 1998. The reduced premium for certain other individuals as described in this notice is $170. Section 1818(d) of the Social Security Act specifies the method to be used to determine these amounts.     

Medicare program; Part A premium for 1994 for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement--HCFA. Notice

This notice announces the hospital insurance premium for calendar year 1994 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (Part A) for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. The monthly Medicare Part A premium for the 12 months beginning January 1, 1994 for these individuals is $245. The reduced premium for certain other individuals as described in this notice is $184. Section 1818(d) of the Social Security Act specifies the method to be used to determine these amounts.     

Medicare program; Part A premium for 1996 for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement--HCFA. Notice

This notice announces the hospital insurance premium for calendar year 1996 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (Part A) for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. The monthly Medicare Part A premium for the 12 months beginning January 1, 1996 for these individuals is $289. The reduced premium for certain other individuals as described in this notice is $188. Section 1818(d) of the Social Security Act specifies the method to be used to determine these amounts.     

Medicare program; Part A premium for 1992 for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement--HCFA. Notice

This notice announces the hospital insurance premium for calendar year 1992 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (Part A) for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. The monthly Medicare Part A premium for the 12 months beginning January 1, 1992 for individuals who are not insured under the Social Security or Railroad Retirement Acts and do not otherwise meet the requirements for entitlement to Medicare Part A is $192. Section 1818(d) of the Social Security Act specifies the method to be used to determine this amount.     

Medicare program; Part A premium for 1993 for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement--HCFA. Notice

This notice announces the hospital insurance premium for calendar year 1993 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (Part A) for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. The monthly Medicare Part A premium for the 12 months beginning January 1, 1993 for these individuals is $221. Section 1818(d) of the Social Security Act specifies the method to be used to determine this amount.     

Medicare program; inpatient hospital deductible and hospital and skilled nursing facility coinsurance amounts for 1991--HCFA. Notice

This notice announces the inpatient hospital deductible and the hospital and skilled nursing facility coinsurance amounts for services furnished in calendar year 1991 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (part A). The Medicare statute specifies the formulae to be used to determine these amounts. The inpatient hospital deductible will be $628. The daily coinsurance amounts will be: (a) $157 for the 61st through 90th days of hospitalization in a benefit period; (b) $314 for lifetime reserve days; and (c) $78.50 for the 21st through 100th days of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility in a benefit period.     

Medicare program; legislative changes concerning payment to hospitals for federal fiscal year 1991--HCFA. Notice of legislative changes

This notice describes changes to the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services concerning the hospital wage index and the regional payment floor resulting from the provisions of the Continuing Resolution of October 1, 1990 (Pub. L. 101-403). Also described in this notice are those self-implementing portions of sections 4001 (a) and (c), 4002 (e) and (f), 4007, 4151, and 4158 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508) that affect Federal fiscal year 1991 payments to prospective payment hospitals and hospitals and units excluded from the prospective payment system. The changes required by these sections affect the following: 15 percent capital payment reduction, use of the regional payment floor, offset for physician assistant services, market basket percentage increase, standardized amounts, hospital-specific rates for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent small rural hospitals, target rate of increases for excluded hospitals and units, hospital wage index, payments for graduate medical education, and Part B payment reduction.     

Medicare program; establishment of Medicare Economic Index effective April 1, 1990--HCFA. Notice

This notice updates the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), which is used to calculate the prevailing charge levels that help to determine reasonable charges for certain physician services under the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B) program. For physician services furnished on or after April 1, 1990, and before January 1, 1991 the increase for primary care services will be 4.2 percent, and for other services it will be 2.0 percent.     

Medicare program; sustainable growth rate for fiscal year 1999--HCFA. Notice with comment period

This notice announces the fiscal year 1999 sustainable growth rate (SGR) for expenditures for physicians' services under the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B) program as required by section 1848(f) of the Social Security Act. The SGR for fiscal year 1999 is -0.3 percent. The negative fiscal year 1999 SGR is driven by the projected drop in Medicare fee-for-service enrollment.     

Medicare program; monthly actuarial rates and monthly supplementary medical insurance premium rates beginning January 1, 1991--HCFA. Notice

As required by section 1839 of the Social Security Act, this notice announces the monthly actuarial rates for aged (age 65 or over) and disabled (under age 65) enrollees in the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) program for calendar year 1991. It also announces the monthly SMI premium rate to be paid by all enrollees during calendar year 1991. The monthly actuarial rates for 1991 are $62.60 for aged enrollees and $56.00 for disabled enrollees. The monthly SMI premium rate for 1991 is $29.90.     

Medicare and Medicaid programs; quarterly listing of program issuances--first quarter 1997--HCFA. Notice

This notice lists HCFA manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published during January, February, and March of 1997 that relate to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It also identifies certain devices with investigational device exemption numbers approved by the Food and Drug Administration that may be potentially covered under Medicare. Section 1871(c) of the Social Security Act requires that we publish a list of Medicare issuances in the Federal Register at least every 3 months. Although we are not mandated to do so by statute, for the sake of completeness of the listing, we are including all Medicaid issuances and Medicare and Medicaid substantive and interpretive regulations (proposed and final) published during this time frame.     

Medicare and Medicaid programs; quarterly listing of program issuances--third quarter 1997--HCFA. Notice

This notice lists HCFA manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published during July, August, and September of 1997 that relate to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It also identifies certain devices with investigational device exemption numbers approved by the Food and Drug Administration that may be potentially covered under Medicare. Section 1871(c) of the Social Security Act requires that we publish a list of Medicare issuances in the Federal Register at least every 3 months. Although we are not mandated to do so by statute, for the sake of completeness of the listing, we are including all Medicaid issuances and Medicare and Medicaid substantive and interpretive regulations (proposed and final) published during this time frame.     

Medicare and Medicaid programs; quarterly listing of program issuances--second quarter 1997--HCFA. Notice

This notice lists HCFA manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published during April, May, and June of 1997 that relate to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It also identifies certain devices with investigational device exemption numbers approved by the Food and Drug Administration that may be potentially covered under Medicare. Section 1871(c) of the Social Security Act requires that we publish a list of Medicare issuances in the Federal Register at least every months. Although we are not mandated to do so by statute, for the sake of completeness of the listing, we are including all Medicaid issuances and Medicare and Medicaid substantive and interpretive regulations (proposed and final) published during this time frame.     

Medicare and Medicaid programs; quarterly listing of program issuances--fourth quarter 1997--HCFA. Notice

This notice lists HCFA manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published during October, November, and December of 1997 that relate to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It also identifies certain devices with investigational device exemption numbers approved by the Food and Drug Administration that may be potentially covered under Medicare. Section 1871(c) of the Social Security Act requires that we publish a list of Medicare issuances in the Federal Register at least every 3 months. Although we are not mandated to do so by statute, for the sake of completeness of the listing, we are including all Medicaid issuances and Medicare and Medicaid substantive and interpretive regulations (proposed and final) published during this timeframe.     

Medicare and Medicaid programs; quarterly listing of program issuances--third quarter 1996--HCFA. Notice

This notice lists HCFA manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published during July, August, and September of 1996 that relate to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It also identifies certain devices with investigational device exemption numbers approved by the Food and Drug Administration that may be potentially covered under Medicare. Section 1871(c) of the Social Security Act requires that we publish a list of Medicare issuances in the Federal Register at least every 3 months. Although we are not mandated to do so by statute, for the sake of completeness of the listing, we are including all Medicaid issuances and Medicare and Medicaid substantive and interpretive regulations (proposed and final) published during this time frame.