[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR413.172]

[Page 604]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 413--PRINCIPLES OF REASONABLE COST REIMBURSEMENT; PAYMENT FOR END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE SERVICES; PROSPECTIVELY DETERMINED PAYMENT RATES FOR SKILLED NURSING 
FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart H--Payment for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services and Organ 
                            Procurement Costs
 
Sec. 413.172  Principles of prospective payment.

    (a) Payments for outpatient maintenance dialysis are based on rates 
set prospectively by CMS.
    (b) All approved ESRD facilities must accept the prospective payment 
rates established by CMS as payment in full for covered outpatient 
maintenance dialysis.
    (c) CMS publishes the methodology used to establish payment rates 
and the changes specified in Sec. 413.196(b) in the Federal Register.