PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX F 114 STAT. 2763A-491 TITLE III—PROVISIONS RELATING TO
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Subtitle A—Inpatient Hospital Services SEC. 301. REVISION OF ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL PAYMENT UPDATE FOR 2001. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 1886(b)(3)(B)(i) (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(B)(i)) is amended— (1) in subclause (XVI), by striking "minus 1.1 percentage points for hospitals (other than sole community hospitals) in all areas, and the market basket percentage increase for sole community hospitals," and inserting "for hospitals in all areas,"; (2) in subclause (XVII)— (A) by striking "minus 1.1 percentage points" and inserting "minus 0.55 percentage points; and (B) by striking "and" at the end; ' (3) by redesignating subclause (XVIII) as subclause (XIX); (4) in subclause (XIX), as so redesignated, by striking "fiscal year 2003" and inserting "fiscal year 2004"; and (5) by inserting after subclause (XVII) the following new subclause: "(XVIII) for fiscal year 2003, the market basket percentage increase minus 0.55 percentage points for hospitals in all areas, and". (b) SPECIAL RULE FOR PAYMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.—Notwithstanding the amendment made by subsection (a), for purposes of making payments for fiscal year 2001 for inpatient hospital services furnished by subsection (d) hospitals (as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(l)(B)), the "applicable percentage increase" referred to in section 1886(b)(3)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(B)(i))— (1) for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2000, and before April 1, 2001, shall be determined in accordance with subclause (XVI) of such section as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act; and ^ (2) for discharges occurring on or after April 1, 2001, and before October 1, 2001, shall be equal to— (A) the market basket percentage increase plus 1.1 percentage points for hospitals (other than sole community hospitals) in all areas; and (B) the market basket percentage increase for sole community hospitals. (c) CONSIDERATION OF PRICE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS IN MARKET BASKET INDEX. —The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, when next (after the date of the enactment of this Act) rebasing and revising the hospital market basket index (as defined in section 1886(b)(3)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(B)(iii))), consider the prices of blood and blood products purchased by hospitals and determine whether those prices are adequately reflected in such index. (d) MEDPAC STUDY AND REPORT REGARDING CERTAIN HOSPITAL COSTS. — (1) STUDY. — The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission shall conduct a study on—
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