[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 30756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13405]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

42 CFR Parts 412 and 413

[CMS-1498-CN]
RIN 0938-AP80


Medicare Program; Supplemental Proposed Changes to the Hospital 
Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the 
Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Supplemental 
Proposed Fiscal Year 2011 Rates; Correction

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

ACTION: Correction of proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the 
supplementary proposed rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Supplemental 
Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems 
for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective 
Payment System and Supplemental Proposed Fiscal Year 2011 Rates'' which 
was filed for public inspection on May 21, 2010.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule FR Doc. No. 2010-12567, 
published elsewhere in this issue, is corrected to close June 18, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tzvi Hefter, (410) 786-4487.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    In FR Doc. 2010-12567 filed May 21, 2010, there are technical and 
typographical errors that are identified and corrected in the 
Correction of Errors section below.

II. Summary of Errors

    In the DATES section, we inadvertently requested that the Office of 
the Federal Register base the comment period closing date on the date 
of publication of the proposed rule. In the waiver section of the 
proposed rule, we indicated that ``we are waiving the 60-day comment 
period for good cause and allowing a comment period that coincides with 
the comment period provided for on the FY 2011 IPPS/LTCH PPS proposed 
rule (75 FR 23852).'' Therefore, in section III. of this correction 
notice, we correct this error by inserting the date that the comment 
period closes to coincide with the date that the comment period closes 
for the FY 2011 IPPS/LTCH PPS proposed rule, which is June 18, 2010.

III. Correction of Errors

    In FR Doc. 2010-12567 filed May 21, 2010, make the following 
correction:
    1. In the DATES section, the date ``July 2, 2010'' is corrected to 
read ``June 18, 2010.''

IV. Waiver of 60-Day Comment Period

    We ordinarily permit a 60-day comment period on notices of proposed 
rulemaking in the Federal Register, as provided in section 1871(b)(1) 
of the Act. However, this period may be shortened, as provided under 
section 1871(b)(2)(C) of the Act, when the Secretary finds good cause 
that a 60-day comment period would be impracticable, unnecessary, or 
contrary to the public interest and incorporates a statement of the 
finding and its reasons in the rule issued.
    The changes made by this correction notice do not constitute agency 
rulemaking, and therefore the 60-day comment period does not apply. 
This correction notice merely corrects typographical and technical 
errors in FY 2011 IPPS/LTCH PPS supplemental proposed rule and does not 
make substantive changes to either that proposed rule or the first FY 
2011 IPPS/LTCH PPS proposed rule appearing in the May 4, 2010 Federal 
Register that would require additional time on which to comment. 
Instead, this correction notice is intended to ensure the accuracy of 
the FY 2011 IPPS/LTCH PPS supplemental proposed rule.
    We further note that this document makes corrections to a 
supplemental proposed rule for which the Secretary has found good cause 
to shorten the required 60-day comment period; we refer readers to 
section III.B. of the FY 2011 IPPS/LTCH PPS supplemental proposed rule 
for additional discussion on that point. Therefore, to the extent that 
the 60-day comment period does apply, we find that good cause to 
shorten that period for the reasons set forth above, as well as for the 
reasons articulated in section III.B. of the FY 2011 IPPS/LTCH PPS 
supplemental proposed rule.

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

    Dated: May 28, 2010.
Ashley Files Flory,
Deputy Executive Secretary to the Department.
[FR Doc. 2010-13405 Filed 5-28-10; 4:15 pm]
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