01/12/2001

Proposed Rule Governing Medicare Payment for Clinical Psychology Training Programs

Medicare payment for clinical psychology training programs may soon be made on a reasonable cost basis, in accordance with certain provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. On January 12, the Health Care Financing Administration published in the Federal Register a proposed rule "clarifying the rules governing allowable costs of approved educational activities and when those costs are eligible for pass-through [payments] under the hospital inpatient prospective payment system, including the relationship required between an approved nursing or allied health education program and a hospital for the program's costs to be eligible for pass-through."

You can read HCFA's January 12 Federal Register notice by scrolling down to "Health Care Financing Administration" at www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a010112c.html.

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