[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49973-49974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20336]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

42 CFR Parts 409, 424, and 484

[CMS-1625-CN2]
RIN 0938-AS46


Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2016 Home Health Prospective 
Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; 
and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; Correction

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects technical errors in the proposed rule 
that appeared in the July 10, 2015

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Federal Register entitled ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2016 
Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-
Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting 
Requirements.''

DATES: The comment due date for the proposed rule published in the 
Federal Register on July 10, 2015 (80 FR 39839) remains September 4, 
2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Brazil, (410) 786-1648.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In FR Doc. 2015-16790, published in the Federal Register on July 
10, 2015 (80 FR 39839), there were technical errors that are identified 
and corrected in the Correction of Errors section of this correcting 
document.

II. Summary of Errors

    On page 39898, in our discussion of collection of OASIS data, we 
inadvertently provided an incorrect Web address for a Web site.
    On page 39898, in our discussion concerning the specifications and 
data for NQF #0678, we inadvertently provided an incorrect Web address 
for a Web site.

III. Correction of Errors

    In proposed rule FR Doc. 2015-16790, beginning on page 39840 in the 
issue of July 10, 2015, make the following corrections in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. On page 39898, in the first column, in the second full 
paragraph, the reference to the Web site beginning on line 25, ``OASIS 
Manual http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/'' is corrected to read ``downloads section 
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HomeHealthQualityInits/HHQIQualityMeasures.html''.
    2. On page 39898, in the second column, in the first full 
paragraph, the Web site in line 11, ``http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Post-Acute-Care-Quality-Initiatives/PAC-Quality-Initiatives.html'' is corrected to read 
``https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HomeHealthQualityInits/HHQIQualityMeasures.html''.

    Dated: August 12, 2015.
Madhura Valverde,
Executive Secretary to the Department, Department of Health and Human 
Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-20336 Filed 8-14-15; 11:15 am]
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