United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2007_register executive 2014-05-29 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c80b04df D09002ee1c80b05c2 United States Department of Health and Human Services originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This final rule updates the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). The final payment amounts and factors used to determine the updated Federal rates that are described in this final rule were determined based on the LTCH PPS rate year July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. The annual update of the long-term care diagnosis-related group (LTC-DRG) classifications and relative weights remains linked to the annual adjustments of the acute care hospital inpatient diagnosis-related group system, and continue to be effective each October 1. The final outlier threshold for July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, is derived from the LTCH PPS rate year calculations. We are also finalizing policy changes which include revisions to the GME and IME policies. In addition, we are adding a technical amendment correcting the regulations text at Sec. 412.22. 72 FR 26870 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-05-11/07-2206 07-2206 fr11my07-8 RIN 0938-AO30 4120-01-P CMS-1529-F https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-05-11/07-2206 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-05-11/html/07-2206.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-05-11/pdf/07-2206.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Health Facilities Medicare Puerto Rico Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Kidney Diseases 160 p. 26870 27029 72 FR 26870 Title 42 Part 412 42 CFR Part 412 Title 42 Part 413 42 CFR Part 413 RIN 0938-AO30 Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Long-Term Care Hospitals RY 2008: Annual Payment Rate Updates, and Policy Changes; and Hospital Direct and Indirect Graduate Medical Education Policy Changes; Federal Register Vol. 72, Issue RULE 07-2206 II DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2007-07-01 CMS-1529-F 4120-01-P 07-2206 Final Rule.

This final rule updates the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). The final payment amounts and factors used to determine the updated Federal rates that are described in this final rule were determined based on the LTCH PPS rate year July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. The annual update of the long-term care diagnosis-related group (LTC-DRG) classifications and relative weights remains linked to the annual adjustments of the acute care hospital inpatient diagnosis-related group system, and continue to be effective each October 1. The final outlier threshold for July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, is derived from the LTCH PPS rate year calculations. We are also finalizing policy changes which include revisions to the GME and IME policies. In addition, we are adding a technical amendment correcting the regulations text at Sec. 412.22.

These regulations are effective on July 1, 2007. Tzvi Hefter, (410) 786-4487 (General information). Judy Richter, (410) 786-2590 (General information, payment adjustments for special cases, and onsite discharges and readmissions, interrupted stays, co-located providers, and short-stay outliers). Michele Hudson, (410) 786-5490 (Calculation of the payment rates, LTC- DRGs, relative weights and case-mix index, market basket, wage index, budget neutrality, and other payment adjustments). Ann Fagan, (410) 786-5662 (Patient classification system). Miechal Lefkowitz, (410) 786-5316 (Graduate Medical Education payments). Linda McKenna, (410) 786-4537 (Payment adjustments, interrupted stay, and transition period). Renate Rockwell, (410) 786-4645 (Graduate Medical Education payments). Elizabeth Truong, (410) 786-6005 (Federal rate update, budget neutrality, other adjustments, and calculation of the payment rates). Michael Treitel, (410) 786-4552 (High cost outliers and cost-to-charge ratios). Administrative Practice and Procedure Health Facilities Medicare Puerto Rico Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Kidney Diseases Medicare: Long-term care hospitals; prospective payment system (2008 RY); annual payment rate updates and policy changes, http://www.amga.org/ http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/ftpserv/ftpicd9/ftpicd9.htm#conv http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/downloads/CMS-1533-P.pdf http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/Downloads/nonhospQA.pdf http://www.cms.hhs.gov/BNI/05_HINNs.asp#TopOfPage http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes/ http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes/04_addendum.asp http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes/07_summarytables.asp http://www.cms.hhs.gov/LongTermCareHospitalPPS/02a_RTIReports.asp#TopOfPage http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/html/volunteer2.asp http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a004/a-4.pdf www.ahacentraloffice.org Vol. 72, no. 91 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2007-05-11 continuing daily deposited born digital 351 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-05-11 P0b002ee1892c7154 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr11my07 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-05-11 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-05-11/pdf/FR-2007-05-11.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-05-11/xml/FR-2007-05-11.xml fdlp 26709 27051 DGPO 2014-05-29 2024-06-05 FR-2007-05-11 machine generated eng FR FR-2007-05-11 72 91