Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing FacilitiesUpdate; Notice

July 2002 Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities Update; Notice This notice updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), for fiscal year (FY) 2003, as required by statute. Annual updates to the PPS rates are required by section 1888(e) of the Social Security Act (the Act), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (the BBRA), and the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection . . .