Resources: Medicare-Like Rates Information
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued, Section 506 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, generally - provided authorization for CHS and urban Indian programs to pay no more than "Medicare-like" rates for referred services (in-patient) furnished by Medicare-participating hospitals upon the effective date of enacting regulations. These regulations were published in a final rule in the Federal Register on June 4, 2007, with an effective date of July 5, 2007. The regulations describe the payment methodologies and other requirements covered providers must adhere to when processing claims for services authorized for purchase by a CHS or urban Indian program.
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