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HR 3590 EAS/PP
October 1, 2014, for payments of prospective
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payment rates for Federally qualified health cen-
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ter services furnished by Federally qualified
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health centers under this title in accordance with
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the prospective payment system developed by the
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Secretary under paragraph (1).
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``(B) P
AYMENTS
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``(i) I
NITIAL
PAYMENTS
.--The Sec-
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retary shall implement such prospective
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payment system so that the estimated aggre-
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gate amount of prospective payment rates
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(determined prior to the application of sec-
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tion 1833(a)(1)(Z)) under this title for Fed-
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erally qualified health center services in the
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first year that such system is implemented
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is equal to 100 percent of the estimated
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amount of reasonable costs (determined
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without the application of a per visit pay-
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ment limit or productivity screen and prior
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to the application of section
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1866(a)(2)(A)(ii)) that would have occurred
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for such services under this title in such
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year if the system had not been imple-
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mented.
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