Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
This document corrects errors in the final rule with comment period that appeared in the Federal Register on November 7, 2003, entitled "Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2004 Payment Rates; Final Rule." This notice is a supplement to the November 7, 2003 final rule and is completely separate from any notice that promulgates new policy that results from enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 42 CFR Parts 410 and 419 [CMS-1471-CN] RIN 0938-AL19 AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. ACTION: Correction of final rule with comment period. SUMMARY: This document corrects errors in the final rule with comment period that appeared in the Federal Register on November 7, 2003, entitled “Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System ( printed page 75443) and Calendar Year 2004 Payment Rates; Final Rule.” This notice is a supplement to the November 7, 2003 final rule and is completely separate from any notice that promulgates new policy that results from enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2004. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Burley, (410) 786-0378. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background In FR Doc. 03-27791 of November 7, 2003 ( 68 FR 63398 ), there were several technical errors as well as a number of public comments that were received timely, but that we inadvertently failed to address. The errors include incorrect or potentially misleading responses, and in Addenda A and B, omissions and typographical errors. In addition, we are adding information to the addenda that was not available when we published the final rule. This additional information does not affect payment under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS…
Citation: 68 FR 75442
