[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34633-34634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14679]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 476
[CMS-1518-CN]
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 and typographical errors 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: Tzvi Hefter, (410) 786-4487.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In FR Doc. 2011-9644 of May 5, 2011 (76 FR 25788), there were a
number of technical and typographical errors that are identified and
corrected in the Correction of Errors section.
II. Summary of Errors
A. Errors in the Preamble
On page 25796, in summarizing our proposed changes to the policies
and payment rates for the long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective
payment system (PPS), we erroneously stated that we were proposing a FY
2012 LTCH PPS documentation and coding adjustment. Therefore, in
section III. of this correction notice, we correct this.
On page 25843, in our discussion of processing of 25 diagnosis
codes and 25 procedures codes, we erroneously included the term ``not''
in our statement regarding the completion of the expansion and our
ability to process up to 25 diagnosis codes and 25 procedures codes.
Therefore, in section III. of this correction notice, we correct this
error.
On page 25898, we erroneously stated that collection for the
structural measure we proposed for the FY 2014 payment determination
would begin in July 2012 with respect to the time period January 1,
2012 through June 30, 2012, instead of collection to begin in April
2013 with respect to the time period January 1, 2012 through December
31, 2012. Therefore, in section III. of this correction notice, we
correct these errors.
On page 25919, in our discussion of the proposed data submission
requirements for structural measures, we included a sentence that
contains the proposed additional structural measure for FY 2014 as well
as information regarding the proposed alignment of the submission
deadline for all structural measures without clear delineation of when
the proposed alignment begins. Therefore, we correct this error in
section III. of this correction notice.
On page 25923, we made several typographical errors regarding the
fiscal year for which we are proposing to change the submission
deadline to be used for the Data Accuracy and Completeness
Acknowledgement. Therefore, in section III. of this correction notice,
we correct these errors.
On page 25985 and 25989, in our discussion of the LTCH quality
measures, we noted that the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsement
number for the CMS quality measure, Percent of Residents With Pressure
Ulcers That Are New or Worsened [Short Stay], was NH-012-10. We note
that the NQF number NH-012-10 has been replaced by the current
endorsement number, which is NQF-0678. Therefore, in section III. of
this correction notice, we correct these errors.
B. Errors in the Addendum
On page 26043, we list Table 2-- Acute Care Hospitals Case-Mix
Indexes for Discharges Occurring in Federal Fiscal Year 2010; Proposed
Hospital Wage Indexes for Federal Fiscal Year 2012; Hospital Average
Hourly Wages for Federal Fiscal Year 2010 (2006 Wage Data), 2011 (2007
Wage Data), and 2012 (2008 Wage Data); and 3-Year Average of Hospital
Average Hourly Wages as one of the tables that will be available only
through the Internet. The version of Table 2 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 wage indices for multicampus providers.
Therefore, we have corrected these errors and have posted a document
with corrections to Table 2 on the CMS Web site at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/01_overview.asp).
III. Correction of Errors
In FR Doc. 2011-9644 of May 5, 2011 (76 FR 25788), make the
following corrections:
1. On page 25796, second column, sixth full paragraph, lines 8
through 11, the phrase ``use under the LTCH PPS for FY 2012, the
proposed documentation and coding adjustment under the LTCH PPS for FY
2012, and the proposed rebasing and'' is corrected to read ``use under
the LTCH PPS for FY 2012 and the proposed rebasing and''.
2. On page 25843, third column, first full paragraph, line 33 the
phrase ``We have not completed'' is corrected to read ``We have
completed''.
3. On page 25898, first column, first paragraph,
a. Line 2, the date ``July 2012'' is corrected to read ``April
2013''.
b. Line 4, the date ``June 30, 2012'' is corrected to read
``December 31, 2012''.
4. On page 25919, second column, first full paragraph, lines 4
through 12, the sentence ``We are proposing to add one additional
structural measure for the FY 2014 payment determination, Participation
in a Systematic Clinical Database Registry for General Surgery, and to
align the submission deadline for all structural measures with the
submission deadline for the fourth quarter of the chart abstracted
measures.'' is corrected to read as follows ``We are proposing to add
one additional structural measure for the FY 2014 payment
determination, Participation in a Systematic Clinical Database Registry
for General Surgery. Beginning with FY 2013, we propose to
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align the submission deadline for all structural measures with the
submission deadline for the fourth quarter of the chart abstracted
measures.''.
5. On page 25923, second column, last paragraph,
a. Line 7, the phrase ``FY 2012'' is corrected to read ``FY 2013''.
b. Line 15, the phrase ``FY 2012'' is corrected to read ``FY
2013''.
6. On page 25985,
a. Second column, second full paragraph, line 6, the reference
number ``NQF NH-012-10'' is corrected to read ``NQF 0678''.
b. Third column, first full paragraph, line 7, the reference number
``NQF NH-012-10'' is corrected to read ``NQF 0678''.
7. On page 25989, lower two-thirds of the page, third column, first
partial paragraph, line 3, the reference number ``NQF NH-012-10'' is
corrected to read ``NQF 0678''.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.773,
Medicare--Hospital Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, Medicare--
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: June 8, 2011.
Dawn L. Smalls,
Executive Secretary to the Department.
[FR Doc. 2011-14679 Filed 6-9-11; 4:15 pm]
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