Medicare program; announcement of the calendar year 2002 conversion factor for the hospital outpatient prospective payment system and a pro rata reduction on transitional pass-through payments. Final rule.

This final rule announces the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system conversion factor for calendar year (CY) 2002. In addition, it describes the Secretary's estimate of the total amount of transitional pass-through payments for CY 2002 and the implementation of a uniform reduction in each of the pass-through payments for that year.