REFERENCES IN SUBCHAPTER; TABLE OF CONTENTS OF SUBCHAPTER.

SEC. 13500. REFERENCES IN SUBCHAPTER; TABLE OF CONTENTS OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) Amendments to Social Security Act.— Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this subchapter an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section or other provision of the Social Security Act. (b) References to OBRA.— In this subchapter, the terms “OBRA–1986”, “OBRA–1987”, “OBRA–1989”, and “OBRA–1990” refer to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–509), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–203), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–239), and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–508), respectively. (c) Table of Contents of Subchapter.— The table of contents of this subchapter is as follows: subchapter a—medicare Sec. 13500. References in subchapter; table of contents of subchapter. Part I—Provisions Relating to Part A Sec. 13501. Payments for PPS hospitals. Sec. 13502. Reductions in payments for PPS-exempt hospitals. Sec. 13503. Reductions in payments for skilled nursing facility services. Sec. 13504. Reductions in payments for hospice services. Sec. 13505. Hemophilia pass-through extension. Sec. 13506. Graduate medical education payments in hospital-owned community health centers. Sec. 13507. Extension of rural hospital demonstration. Sec. 13508. Reduction in part A premium for certain individuals with 30 or more quarters of Social Security coverage. Part II—Provisions Relating to Part B subpart a—physicians’ services Sec. 13511. Reduction in default update for conversion factor for 1994 and 1996. Sec. 13512. Reduction in performance standard rate of increase and increase in maximum reduction permitted in default update. Sec. 13513. Practice expense relative value units. Sec. 13514. Separate payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms. Sec. 13515. Payments for new physicians and practitioners. Sec. 13516. Payments for anesthesia. Sec. 13517. Extension of physician payment provisions to nonparticipating suppliers and other persons. Sec. 13518. Antigens under physician fee schedule. subpart b—outpatient hospital services Sec. 13521. Extension of 10 percent reduction in payments for capital-related costs of outpatient hospital services. Sec. 13522. Extension of reduction in payments for other costs of outpatient hospital services. subpart c—ambulatory surgical center services Sec. 13531. Ambulatory surgical center services. 107 STAT. 572 Sec. 13632. Designation of certain hospitals as eye or eye and ear hospitals. Sec. 13633. Reduction in payments for intraocular lenses. subpart d—durable medical equipment Sec. 13641. Payment for parenteral and enteral nutrients, supplies, and equipment during 1994 and 1995. Sec. 13642. Revisions to payment rules for durable medical equipment. Sec. 13643. Treatment of nebulizers, aspirators, and certain ventilators. Sec. 13544. Payment for ostomy supplies and other supplies. Sec. 13545. Payments for TENS devices. Sec. 13546. Payments for orthotics, prosthetics, and prosthetic devices. subpart e—other provisions Sec. 13551. Payments for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. Sec. 13552. Extension of Alzheimer’s disease demonstration projects. Sec. 13553. Oral cancer drugs. Sec. 13554. Clarification of coverage of certified nurse-midwife services performed outside the maternity cycle. . . Sec. 13555. Increase in annual cap on amount of medicare payment for outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy services. Sec. 13556. Rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers. Sec. 13557. Extension of municipal health service demonstration projects. Part III—Provisions Relating to Parts A and B Sec. 13561. Medicare as secondary payer. Sec. 13562. Physician ownership and referral. Sec. 13563. Direct graduate medical education. Sec. 13564. Reduction in payments for home health services. Sec. 13565. Immunosuppressive drug therapy. Sec. 13566. Reduction in payments tor erythropoientin. Sec. 13567. Extension of social health maintenance organization demonstrations. Sec. 13568. Timing of claims payment. Sec. 13569. Extension of waiver for Watts Health Foundation. Part IV—Provision Relating to Part B Premium Sec. 13571. Part B premium. Part V—Provision Relating to Data Bank Sec. 13581. Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank.