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 .,\:^-i;ir PUBLIC LAW 103-432—OCT. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 4415 (3) Section 4102(c)(2) of OBRA-1990 is amended by striking "radiology services" and all that follows and inserting "nuclear medicine services.". (4) Section 4102(d) of OBRA-1990 is amended by striking "new paragraph" and inserting "new subparagraph". (5) Section 1834(b)(4)(E) (42 U.S.C. 1395m(b)(4)(E)) is amended by inserting "RULE FOR CERTAIN SCANNING SERVICES. —" after "(E)". (6) Section 1848(a)(2)(D)(iii) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(a)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended by striking "that are subject to section 6105(b) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989" and by striking "provided under such section" and inserting "provided under section 6105(b) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989". (c) ANESTHESIA SERVICES. — (1) Section 4103(a) of OBRA-1990 is amended by striking "REDUCTION IN FEE SCHEDULE" and inserting "REDUCTION IN PREVAILING CHARGES". (2) Section 1842(q)(l)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1395u(q)(l)(B)) is amended— (A) in the matter before clause (i), by striking "shall be determined as follows:" and inserting "shall, subject to clause (iv), be reduced to the adjusted prevailing charge conversion factor for the locality determined as follows:", and (B) in clause (iii), by striking "Subject to clause (iv), the prevailing charge conversion factor to be applied in" and inserting "The adjusted prevailing charge conversion factor for". (d) ASSISTANTS AT SURGERY. — (1) Section 4107(c) of OBRA- 1990 is amended by inserting "(a)(1)" after "subsection". (2) Section 4107(a)(2) of OBRA-1990 is amended by adding at the end the following: "In applying section 1848(g)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act for services of an assistant-at-surgery furnished during 1991, the recognized payment amount shall not exceed the maximum amount specified under section 1848(i)(2)(A) of such Act (as applied under this paragraph in such year).". (e) TECHNICAL COMPONENTS OF DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES. — Section 1842(b) (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)) is amended by redesignating paragraph (18), as added by section 4108(a) of OBRA-1990, as paragraph (17) and, in such paragraph, by inserting ", tests specified in paragraph (14)(C)(i)," after "diagnostic laboratory tests". (f) STATEWIDE FEE SCHEDULES.— Section 4117 of OBRA-1990 is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— " (A) by striking "(a) IN GENERAL.— ", and (B) by striking ", if the" and all that follows through "1991,"; and (2) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d). (g) OTHER MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. — (1) The heading of section 1834(f) (42 U.S.C. 1395m(f)) is amended by striking "FISCAL YEAR". (2)(A) Section 4105(b) of OBRA-1990 is amended— (i) in paragraph (2), by striking "amendments" and inserting "amendment", and (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking "amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2)" and inserting "amendment made by paragraph (1)". (B) Section 1848(f)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(f)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting "PERFORMANCE STANDARD RATES OF INCREASE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991.— " after "(C)". 42 USC 1395m note. 42 USC 1395m. 42 USC 1895u. 42 USC 1395W-4 note. 42 USC 1395W-4 note. 42 USC 1395W-4 note. 42 USC 1395u note.

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