[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR412.8]

[Page 398]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 412_PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 412.8  Publication of schedules for determining prospective payment 
rates.

    (a) Initial prospective payment rates--(1) For inpatient operating 
costs. Initial prospective payment rates for inpatient operating costs 
(for the period October 1, 1983 through September 30, 1984) were 
determined in accordance with documents published in the Federal 
Register on September 1, 1983 (48 FR 39838), and January 3, 1984 (49 FR 
324).
    (2) For inpatient capital-related costs. Initial prospective payment 
rates for inpatient capital-related costs (for the period October 1, 
1991 through September 30, 1992) were determined in accordance with the 
final rule published in the Federal Register on August 30, 1991 (56 FR 
43196).
    (b) Annual publication of schedule for determining prospective 
payment rates. (1) CMS proposes changes in the methods, amounts, and 
factors used to determine inpatient prospective payment rates in a 
Federal Register document published for public comment not later than 
the April 1 before the beginning of the Federal fiscal year in which the 
proposed changes would apply.
    (2) CMS publishes a Federal Register document setting forth final 
methods, amounts, and factors for determining inpatient prospective 
payment rates not later than the August 1 before the Federal fiscal year 
in which the rates would apply.

[57 FR 39820, Sept. 1, 1992, as amended at 62 FR 46025, Aug. 29, 1997]