HCFA extends deadlines for comments on PPS
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has extended the deadline to accept comments on the proposed hospital outpatient and freestanding ambulatory surgery center prospective payment system (PPS) until Jan. 8.
In commenting on the proposed hospital outpatient prospective payment system, which was published in the Sept. 8 Federal Register, please refer to file code HCFA-1005-P. In commenting on the proposed surgery center rule, which was published in the June 12 Federal Register, please refer to file HCFA-1885-P.
Mail written comments (one original and three copies) to the following address: Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: HCFA-1005-P (for the hospital rule) or HCFA-1885-P (for the surgery center rule), P.O. Box 26688, Baltimore, MD 21207.
If you prefer, you may deliver your written comments (one original and three copies) to one of the following addresses:
• Room 309, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, DC 20201.
• Room C5-09-26, 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21244-1850.
Sources
For a summary of the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule, contact:
• Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Knowledge Network Fax-It line at (800) 839-4362. Request item 400057. Members may order it by following the prompt and entering their membership number. Cost for non-members, $30, payable by credit card.
For more information about the Health Care Financing Administration’s regulations for ambulatory surgery centers and hospital-based outpatient facilities, contact:
• Carol Beeler, Regional Vice President in Surgery Division, HealthSouth, 5254 Woodcliff Court, West Chester, OH 45069. Telephone: (513) 874-5373. Fax: (513) 874-6282. E-mail: [email protected].
• Federated Ambulatory Surgery Center, 700 N. Fairfax St., Suite 306, Alexandria, VA 22314. Telephone: (703) 836-8808. Fax: (703) 549-0976.
• Chris Mancill, Technical Analyst, Healthcare Financial Management Association, 1301 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: (800) 252-4362, ext. 606. Fax: (202) 223-9771. E-mail: cmancill@hfma. org. World Wide Web: http://www.hfma.org.
• Linda Magno, Interim Vice President for Policy, American Hospital Association, 325 Seventh St. N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004. Telephone: (202) 626-2329. Fax: (202) 626-4319. E-mail: [email protected].
• Kevin McHugh, Chief Executive Officer, Washington Orthopedic Center, 1900 Cooks Hill Road, Centralia, WA 98531. Telephone: (360) 736-2889. Fax: (360) 736-3136. E-mail: [email protected].
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