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 113 STAT. 1501A-322 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX F Subtitle E—Other Provisions Sec. 141. MedPAC study on medicare payment for nonphysician health professional clinical training in hospitals. Subtitle F—Transitional Provisions Sec. 151. Exception to CMI qualifier for one year. Sec. 152. Reclassification of certain counties and other areas for purposes of reimbursement under the medicare program. Sec. 153. Wage index correction. Sec. 154. Calculation and application of wage index floor for a certain area. Sec. 155. Special rule for certain skilled nursing facilities. TITLE 11—PROVISIONS RELATING TO PART B Subtitle A—Hospital Outpatient Services Sec. 201. Outlier adjustment and transitional pass-through for certain medical devices, drugs, and biologicals. Sec. 202. Establishing a transitional corridor for application of OPD PPS. Sec. 203. Study and report to Congress regarding the special treatment of rural and cancer hospitals in prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services. Sec. 204. Limitation on outpatient hospital copa5Tnent for a procedure to the hospital deductible amount. Subtitle B—Physician Services Sec. 211. Modification of update adjustment factor provisions to reduce update oscillations and require estimate revisions. Sec. 212. Use of data collected by organizations and entities in determining practice ^ expense relative values. Sec. 213. GAO study on resources required to provide safe and effective outpatient cancer therapy. Subtitle C—Other Services Sec. 221. Revision of provisions relating to therapy services. Sec. 222. Update in renal dialysis composite rate. Sec. 223. Implementation of the inherent reasonableness (IR) authority. Sec. 224. Increase in reimbursement for pap smears. Sec. 225. Refinement of ambulance services demonstration project. Sec. 226. Phase-in of PPS for ambulatory surgical centers. Sec. 227. Extension of medicare benefits for immunosuppressive drugs. Sec. 228. Temporary increase in payment rates for durable medical equipment and oxygen. Sec. 229. Studies and reports. TITLE III—PROVISIONS RELATING TO PARTS A AND B Subtitle A—Home Health Services Sec. 301. Adjustment to reflect administrative costs not included in the interim payment system; GAO report on costs of compliance with OASIS data collection requirements. Sec. 302. Delay in application of 15 percent reduction in payment rates for home health services until one year after implementation of prospective pay- ment system. Sec. 303. Increase in per beneficiary limits. Sec. 304. Clarification of surety bond requirements. Sec. 305. Refinement of home health agency consolidated billing. Sec. 306. Technical amendment clarifying applicable market basket increase for PPS. Sec. 307. Study and report to Congress regarding the exemption of rural agencies and populations from inclusion in the home health prospective payment system. Subtitle B—Direct Graduate Medical Education Sec. 311. Use of national average payment methodology in computing direct graduate medical education (DGME) payments. Sec. 312. Initial residency period for child neiu"ology residency training programs. Subtitle C—Technical Corrections Sec. 321. BBA technical corrections.

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