An Act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Requires that the prevailing fees recognized under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 1976 be not less than those for fiscal year 1975. Extends for three years the existing authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to grant temporary waivers of nursing staff requirements for small hospitals in rural areas. Maintains the present system of coordination of the Medicare and Federal Employees' Health Benefit programs. Provides for the correction of a technical error in the law that prevents increases in the medicare part B premiums.…