Fed Regist. 2000 Jul 31;65(147):46770-96.
This final rule sets forth updates to the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), for fiscal year 2001. Annual updates to the PPS rates are required by section 1888(e) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Program Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999, related to Medicare payments and consolidated billing for SNFs. In addition, this rule sets forth certain conforming revisions to the regulations that are necessary in order to implement amendments made to the Act by section 103 of the Medicare, Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Program Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999.
本最终规则规定了2001财年熟练护理机构（SNF）预期支付系统（PPS）所使用支付率的更新内容。1999年《医疗保险、医疗补助和州儿童健康保险计划平衡预算调整法案》对《社会保障法》第1888(e)节进行了修订，要求对PPS费率进行年度更新，该修订与SNF的医疗保险支付和合并计费相关。此外，本规则还对法规进行了某些相应修订，这些修订是实施1999年《医疗保险、医疗补助和州儿童健康保险计划平衡预算调整法案》第103节对该法案所做修订所必需的。
