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GAO-08-175R 1 (2007-10-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwsa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im T I IAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-310573 October 19, 2007 The Honorable Max Baucus Chairman The Honorable Charles E. Grassley Ranking Minority Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Charles B. Rangel Chairman The Honorable Jim McCrery Ranking Minority Member Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts for Calendar Year 2008 Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), entitled Medicare Program; Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts for Calendar Year 2008 (RIN: 0938-AO61). We received the rule on October 5, 2007. It was published in the Federal Register as a notice on October 5, 2007. 72 Fed. Reg. 57,035. The notice announces the inpatient hospital deductible and the hospital and extended care service coinsurance amounts for services furnished in calendar year 2008 under Medicare's Hospital Insurance program (Medicare Part A). The statute specifies the formulae used to determine these amounts. The inpatient hospital deductible will be $1,024. The daily coinsurance amounts for CY 2008 will be: (a) $256 for the 61st through 90' day of hospitalization in the benefit period; (b) $512 for lifetime reserve days; and (c) $128 for the 21st through 100th day of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility in a benefit period. GAO-08-175R

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