[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: 42CFR419.1]

[Page 793]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 419--PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 419.1  Basis and scope.


    (a) Basis. This part implements section 1833(t) of the Act by 
establishing a prospective payment system for services furnished on or 
after July 1, 2000 by hospital outpatient departments to Medicare 
beneficiaries who are registered on hospital records as outpatients.
    (b) Scope. This subpart describes the basis of payment for 
outpatient hospital services under the prospective payment system. 
Subpart B sets forth the categories of hospitals and services that are 
subject to the outpatient hospital prospective payment system and those 
categories of hospitals and services that are excluded from the 
outpatient hospital prospective payment system. Subpart C sets forth the 
basic methodology by which prospective payment rates for hospital 
outpatient services are determined. Subpart D describes Medicare payment 
amounts, beneficiary copayment amounts, and methods of payment to 
hospitals under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system. 
Subpart E describes how the hospital outpatient prospective payment 
system may be updated. Subpart F describes limitations on administrative 
and judicial review. Subpart G describes the transitional payment 
adjustments that are made before 2004 to limit declines in payment for 
outpatient services.