2006 proposed fee schedule - American Society of Clinical Oncology

their intermediaries. Current paragraph (f), entitled,
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“Documentation for a payment rate exception request”, would
be redesignated as proposed paragraph (e). We are proposing
to clarify existing regulations by indicating that the
applicant must include in its documentation a copy of the
most recent cost report filed in accordance with §413.198.
As a result of these proposed changes to this section, we
propose to revise the remaining paragraphs as follows:
● Current paragraph (g) would be redesignated as
proposed paragraph (f).
● Current paragraph (h) would be redesignated as
proposed paragraph (g).
● Current paragraph (i) would be redesignated as
proposed paragraph (h).
● Current paragraph (j) provides the period of an
exception approval. We would redesignate paragraph (j) as
proposed paragraph (i). We propose to revise the
redesignated paragraph to state that an approved exception
payment rate applies for the period from the date the
complete exception request was filed with the facility’s
fiscal intermediary until thirty days after the
intermediary’s receipt of the facility’s letter notifying
the intermediary of the facility’s request to give up its
exception rate and become subject to the current composite
payment rate methodology. Once a facility decides not to