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 PUBLIC LAW 96-499—DEC. 5, 1980

94 STAT. 2637

(g) Section 1864(a) of such Act is amended— (1) by inserting "or a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility as defined in section 1861(ccX2)" after "section 1861(aaX2)" in the first sentence; and (2) by inserting "comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility," after "rural health clinic," each place it appears in the second and fifth sentences. (h) The amendments made by this section shall become effective with respect to a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility's first accounting period which begins on or after July 1, 1981.

42 USC 1395aa. Ante, p. 2635.

42 USC 1395k note.

OUTPATIENT SURGERY

SEC. 934. (a) Section 1832(a)(2) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding after subparagraph (E) (added by section 933(a) of this title) the following new subparagraph: "(F) facility services furnished in connnection with surgical procedures specified by the Secretary— "(i) pursuant to section 1833(i)(l)(A) and performed in an ambulatory surgical center (which meets health, safety, and other standards specified by the Secretary in regulations) if the center has an agreement in effect with the Secretary by which the center agrees to accept the amount determined under section 1833(i)(2)(A) as full payment for such services and to accept an assignment described in section 1842(b)(3)(B)(ii) with respect to payment for all such services furnished by the center to individuals enrolled under this part, or "(ii) pursuant to section 1833(i)(l)(B) and performed by a physician, described in section 1861(r)(l), in his office, if the Secretary has determined that— "(I) a Professional Standards Review Organization (designated, conditionally or otherwise, under part B of title XI of this Act) is willing, able, and has agreed to carry out a review (on a sample or other reasonable basis) of the physician's performing such procedures in the physician's office, "(II) the particular physician involved has agreed to make available to such Organization such records as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out the review, and "(III) the physician is authorized to perform the procedure in a hospital located in the area in which the office is located, and if the physician agrees to accept the amount determined under section 1833(i)(2)(B) as full payment for such services and to accept an assignment described in section 1842(b)(3)(B)(ii) with respect to payment for all services (including all pre- and post-operative services) described in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 1861(s) and furnished in connection with such surgical procedure to individuals enrolled under this part.", (b) Section 1833 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(i)(1) The Secretary shall, in consultation with the National Professional Standards Review Council and appropriate medical organizations—

42 USC I395k.

Infra.

42 USC I395u.

42 USC I395x.

42 USC I320c.

W^a. 42 USC I395u. 42 USC I395x. 42 USC 1395Z.

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