Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2020 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program; Correction
| Published date | 29 May 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 24734 |
| Record Number | 2019-11119 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 24734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11119]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
42 CFR Part 412
[CMS-1710-CN]
RIN 0938-AT67
Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF)
Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2020 and Updates to
the IRF Quality Reporting Program; 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 April 24, 2019 Federal Register entitled,
``Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective
Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2020 and Updates to the IRF
Quality Reporting Program.''
DATES: This correction to the proposed rule published at 84 FR 17244
through 17335 on April 24, 2019, is applicable May 28, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Brooks, (410) 786-7877.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In FR Doc. 2019-07885 (84 FR 17244), the proposed rule entitled,
``Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective
Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2020 and Updates to the IRF
Quality Reporting Program'' (referred to hereafter as the ``FY 2020 IRF
PPS proposed rule''), there were technical errors that are identified
and corrected in this correcting document. The correction is applicable
as of May 28, 2019.
II. Summary of Errors
On page 17329 of the FY 2020 IRF PPS proposed rule, we
inadvertently misstated the additional minutes on admission as 7.4
instead of 7.8 and the total minutes of additional clinical staff time
as 8.9 instead of 18.9 in our calculation of the estimated burden for
the IRF quality reporting program (QRP).
III. Correction of Errors
In FR Doc. 2019-07885 (84 FR 17244), published April 24, 2019, on
page 17329, first column, second paragraph, lines 8 through 13, the
sentence ``Specifically, we believe that there will be an addition of
7.4 minutes on admission, and 11.1 minutes on discharge, for a total of
8.9 minutes of additional clinical staff time to report data per
patient stay.'' is corrected to read ``Specifically, we believe that
there will be an addition of 7.8 minutes on admission, and 11.1 minutes
on discharge, for a total of 18.9 minutes of additional clinical staff
time to report data per patient stay.''.
Dated: May 22, 2019.
Wilma M. Robinson,
Deputy Executive Secretary to the Department, Department of Health and
Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2019-11119 Filed 5-28-19; 8:45 am]
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