[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52614-52615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26241]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Parts 405, 412, and 413

[HCFA-1003-CN]
RIN 0938-AI22


Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective 
Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 1999 Rates; Corrections

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; correction notice.

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SUMMARY: In the July 31, 1998 issue of the Federal Register (63 FR 
40594), we published a final rule revising the Medicare hospital 
inpatient prospective payment systems for operating costs and capital-
related costs to implement applicable statutory requirements, including 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), as well as changes arising from 
our continuing experience with the system. In addition, in the addendum 
to that final rule, we announced the amounts and factors for 
determining prospective payment rates for Medicare hospital inpatient 
services for operating costs and capital-related costs applicable to 
discharges occurring on or after October 1, 1998, and set forth rate-
of-increases limits for hospitals and hospital units excluded from the 
prospective payment systems. This document corrects errors made in that 
document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shawn Braxton (410) 786-7292.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The July 31, 1998 final rule contained 
technical and typographical errors. Therefore, we are making the 
following corrections:
    1. On page 40983, at the top of the page, the second column of the 
table is replaced with the following:

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$8,400.32
$1,714.35
$5,914.51
$6,771.69
$7,628.87
$8,400.32

    2. On page 40983, at the top of the page, the second footnote, the 
first line, the second parenthetical figure ``($2,048.86)'' is 
corrected to read ``($1,714.35)''.
    3. On page 41019, in Table 1A--National Adjusted Operating 
Standardized Amounts, Labor/Nonlabor, the figure for Nonlabor-related 
share of the Large Urban Areas standardized amount ``1,313.41'' is 
corrected to read ``1,131.38''.
    4. On page 41053, in Table 4A--Wage Index and Capital Geographic 
Adjustment Factor (GAF) for Urban Areas, the first set of columns, 
first column, tenth line from the bottom, the footnote number ``\2\'' 
(for Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN) is corrected to read ``\1\''.
    5. On pages 41123, 41124, 41128, 41129, 41130, and 41131, in 
Appendix D--DRG Charts, the last graph titled--Costs and Payments by 
Length of Stay (Using Current Transfer Methodology), in the legend, the 
label ``Costs'' is corrected to read ``Payments'' and the label 
``Payments'' is corrected to read ``Costs''.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.778, Medical 
Assistance Program; No. 93.773 Medicare--Hospital Insurance; and No. 
93.774, Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance)


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    Dated: August 25, 1998.
Neil J. Stillman,
Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Information Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 98-26241 Filed 9-30-98; 8:45 am]
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