Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Ch. 4 § 10.6.3.8
Payment Adjustment for Certain Cancer Hospitals Beginning
10.6.3.8 - Payment Adjustment for Certain Cancer Hospitals Beginning
CY 2020
(Rev. 4513, Issued: 02-04-2020, Effective: 01-01- 2020, Implementation: 01-06-2020)
Section 16002(b) of the 21st Century Cures Act requires that, for CY 2018 and
subsequent calendar years, the target PCR that should be used in the calculation of the
interim monthly payments associated with the cancer hospital adjustment, as described
above in section 10.6.3, and at final cost report settlement is reduced by 0.01. After
including this reduction, for hospital outpatient services furnished on or after January 1,
2020 through December 31, 2020, the target PCR is 0.89.