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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 476
[CMS–1518–CN2]
RIN 0938–AQ24
Medicare Program; Proposed Changes
to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective
Payment Systems for Acute Care
Hospitals and the Long-Term Care
Hospital Prospective Payment System
and Fiscal Year 2012 Rates;
Corrections
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Correction of proposed rule.
AGENCY:
This document corrects
technical errors that occurred in Tables
2 and 4J, that were referenced in the
proposed rule entitled ‘‘Medicare
Program; Proposed Changes to the
Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment
Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and
the Long-Term Care Hospital
Prospective Payment System and Fiscal
Year 2012 Rates’’ which appeared in the
May 5, 2011 Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Slater, (410) 786–5229.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
Tables 2 and 4J, referenced in FR Doc.
2011–9644 of May 5, 2011 (76 FR
25788), and available through the
Internet on the CMS Web site (see 76 FR
26043 and 26044 for an explanation of
publishing such Tables on the Internet),
reflect an error in the calculation of the
outmigration adjustment. (We refer
readers to (76 FR 25887 and 25888) for
an explanation of such adjustment.)
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This error affects proposed Table 4J,
which lists hospitals located in
qualifying outmigration adjustment
counties. Table 4J also lists the
proposed adjustments calculated for
qualifying hospitals. To correct the
error, we have re-evaluated which
counties are eligible for the
outmigration adjustment in FY 2012.
There are an additional 104 providers
(in 39 counties) eligible for the
adjustment, 66 of which are also eligible
for reclassification for FY 2012. We sent
a Joint Signature Memorandum on July
1, 2011 to fiscal intermediaries
informing them of this change, along
with a letter to be forwarded to
providers with further instructions for
those possibly affected by this change.
The Joint Signature Memorandum and
the letter to providers provides further
instructions on how providers may
revise certain reclassification decisions,
or receive the outmigration adjustment
rather than a section 1886(d)(8)(B)
redesignation. To access the
Memorandum and letter and to review
such procedures, we refer readers to our
Web site http:/www.cms.gov/
AcuteInpatientPPS/IPPS2012/list.asp.
II. Summary of Errors and Corrections
Posted on the CMS Web Site
On page 26043, we list Table 2 and
Table 4J as the tables that will be
available only through the Internet. The
version of Table 4J that was posted via
the Internet on the CMS Web site at the
time the proposed rule was filed for
public inspection at the Office of the
Federal Register inadvertently omitted
the outmigration adjustment for 104
providers. Therefore, we have corrected
these errors and will post corrections to
Table 2 and 4J on the CMS Web site at
https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
AcuteInpatientPPS/01_overview.asp)
The corrections to Table 4J include
only the newly eligible hospitals and
their corresponding outmigration
adjustments. The corrections to Table 2
include only the hospitals that are
newly eligible for an outmigration
adjustment and their corresponding
corrected FY 2012 proposed wage
indices.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital
Insurance; and Program No. 93.774,
Medicare—Supplementary Medical
Insurance Program)
Dated: July 7, 2011.
Dawn L. Smalls,
Executive Secretary to the Department,
Department of Health and Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 476
[CMS-1518-CN2]
RIN 0938-AQ24
Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient
Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term
Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2012 Rates;
Corrections
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Correction of proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects technical errors that occurred in
Tables 2 and 4J, that were referenced in the proposed rule entitled
``Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient
Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term
Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2012 Rates''
which appeared in the May 5, 2011 Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Slater, (410) 786-5229.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Tables 2 and 4J, referenced in FR Doc. 2011-9644 of May 5, 2011 (76
FR 25788), and available through the Internet on the CMS Web site (see
76 FR 26043 and 26044 for an explanation of publishing such Tables on
the Internet), reflect an error in the calculation of the outmigration
adjustment. (We refer readers to (76 FR 25887 and 25888) for an
explanation of such adjustment.) This error affects proposed Table 4J,
which lists hospitals located in qualifying outmigration adjustment
counties. Table 4J also lists the proposed adjustments calculated for
qualifying hospitals. To correct the error, we have re-evaluated which
counties are eligible for the outmigration adjustment in FY 2012. There
are an additional 104 providers (in 39 counties) eligible for the
adjustment, 66 of which are also eligible for reclassification for FY
2012. We sent a Joint Signature Memorandum on July 1, 2011 to fiscal
intermediaries informing them of this change, along with a letter to be
forwarded to providers with further instructions for those possibly
affected by this change. The Joint Signature Memorandum and the letter
to providers provides further instructions on how providers may revise
certain reclassification decisions, or receive the outmigration
adjustment rather than a section 1886(d)(8)(B) redesignation. To access
the Memorandum and letter and to review such procedures, we refer
readers to our Web site http:/www.cms.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/IPPS2012/list.asp.
II. Summary of Errors and Corrections Posted on the CMS Web Site
On page 26043, we list Table 2 and Table 4J as the tables that will
be available only through the Internet. The version of Table 4J that
was posted via the Internet on the CMS Web site at the time the
proposed rule was filed for public inspection at the Office of the
Federal Register inadvertently omitted the outmigration adjustment for
104 providers. Therefore, we have corrected these errors and will post
corrections to Table 2 and 4J on the CMS Web site at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/01_overview.asp)
The corrections to Table 4J include only the newly eligible
hospitals and their corresponding outmigration adjustments. The
corrections to Table 2 include only the hospitals that are newly
eligible for an outmigration adjustment and their corresponding
corrected FY 2012 proposed wage indices.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.773,
Medicare--Hospital Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, Medicare--
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: July 7, 2011.
Dawn L. Smalls,
Executive Secretary to the Department, Department of Health and Human
Services.
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