Medicare program; payment for home intravenous drug therapy services--HCFA. Proposed rule

This proposed rule sets forth the methodology for payment for home intravenous (IV) drug therapy services. This proposal would implement the provisions of section 1834(d) of the Social Security Act as added by section 203(c)(1) of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. Coverage of and payment for home IV drug therapy services under Part B of Medicare would be implemented on January 1, 1990. DATE: To be considered, comments must be mailed or delivered to the appropriate address, as provided below, and must be received by 5:00 p.m. on January 8, 1990. A discussion of the extension of the public comment periods for several related documents published on September 7 and September 8, 1989 is provided in section VII.B. below.