Medicare program; legislative changes concerning payment to hospitals for federal fiscal year 1990--HCFA. Notice of...

This notice describes those portions of sections 6001, 6002, 6003(a), (b), and (d), 6004(a) and (b), 6021, 6101, 6110, and 6205(b) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 that affect Federal fiscal year 1990 payments to prospective payment hospitals and hospitals excluded from the prospective payment system and that are self-implementing. The changes required by these sections affect the prospective payment rates, rural referral centers, payments for capital-related costs, periodic interim payments, cancer hospitals, and payments for nursing and allied health education.