Fed Regist. 2003 Dec 5;68(234):67960-3.
This final rule provides the sunset date for the interim bonus payment for rural ambulance mileage of 18 through 50 miles as required by the Medicare, Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Program Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA) and provides notice of the annual Ambulance Inflation Factor (AIF) for ambulance services for calendar year (CY) 2004. The statute requires that this inflation factor be applied in determining the fee schedule amounts and payment limits for ambulance services.
本最终规则规定了2000年《医疗保险、医疗补助和州儿童健康保险计划福利改进与保护法案》(BIPA)所要求的18至50英里农村救护车里程临时奖金支付的截止日期,并公布了2004日历年救护车服务的年度救护车通胀系数(AIF)。该法规要求在确定救护车服务的收费表金额和支付限额时应用此通胀系数。