[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57698-57699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28839]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-1035-CN]
RIN 0938-AI13
Medicare Program; Schedules of Per-Visit and Per-Beneficiary
Limitations on Home Health Agency Costs for Cost Reporting Periods
Beginning on or After October 1, 1998; Correction
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.
ACTION: Correction of notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: In the August 11, 1998 issue of the Federal Register (63 FR
42912), we published a notice with comment period setting forth revised
schedules of limitations on home health agency costs that may be paid
under the Medicare program for cost reporting periods beginning on or
after October 1, 1998. This document corrects technical and
typographical errors made in that document.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Johnson, (410) 786-5241.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In the August 11, 1998 notice, we announced the limitations for
home health agencies for cost reporting periods beginning on or after
October 1, 1998, including the per-visit limitations. In publishing
table 3A, Type of Visits, setting forth the per-visit limitations by
type, we inadvertently transposed the MSA and non-MSA cost limit
numbers. This document corrects that error. The inadvertent
transposition of these cost limits resulted in the need to correct the
examples and tables that rely on the limits. This document corrects the
examples and tables and corrects other technical and typographical
errors. Therefore, we are making the following corrections:
Correction of Errors
1. On page 42923, in column 3, the last six lines are corrected to
read as follows:
a. Urban skilled nursing per-visit labor portion
$74.13 x 1.0145693 = $75.21
b. Urban skilled nursing per-visit nonlabor portion
$20.84 x 1.0145693 = $21.14
2. On page 42924, in the chart entitled ``Computation of Revised
Per-visit for Occupational Therapy,'' in line 1,
`` $123.05'' is corrected to read ``$108.10,'' and, in line 3,
``$123.94'' is corrected to read ``$108.88.''
3. On page 42924, in the chart entitled ``Computation of Revised
Per-Beneficiary Limitations for an HHA With a 1994 Base Period'', in
the last line, ``$5,521.72'' is corrected to read ``5,421.72''.
4. On page 42925, the chart entitled ``Determining the Aggregate
Per-Visit Limitation'' is corrected in its entirety to read as follows:
Determining The Aggregate Per-Visit Limitation
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Number of Per-visit
Area/type of visit visits limit (\1\) Total limit
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Dallas-MSA:
Skilled nursing.............. 11,550 94.93 1,096,442
Physical therapy............. 4,300 107.21 461,003
Home health aide............. 8,900 43.83 389,998
Rural Texas:
Skilled nursing.............. 5,000 87.18 435,900
Physical therapy............. 2,300 97.68 224,664
Home health aide............. 4,300 36.41 156,563
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Aggregate limitation..... ........... ........... 2,764,570
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(\1\) The per-visit has been adjusted by the appropriate wage-index and
the budget neutrality adjustment factor of 1.03.
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5. On page 42925 Table 3A is corrected in its entirety to read as
follows:
Table 3A.--Per-Visit Limitations Type of Visit
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Per-visit Labor Nonlabor
limitation portion portion
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MSA (NECMA) location:
Skilled nursing care............. $ 94.97 $74.13 $20.84
Physical therapy................. 107.26 83.56 23.70
Speech therapy................... 107.97 83.99 23.98
Occupational therapy............. 108.15 84.05 24.10
Medical social services.......... 130.69 101.38 29.31
Home health aide................. 43.84 34.21 9.63
NonMSA location:
Skilled nursing care............. 108.17 88.44 19.73
Physical therapy................. 121.14 98.82 22.32
Speech therapy................... 126.52 103.01 23.51
Occupational therapy............. 123.10 99.81 23.29
Medical social services.......... 167.78 136.78 31.00
Home health aide................. 45.16 36.88 8.28
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6. On page 42926, in Table 3A, under the heading ``Location'' the
following corrections are made:
a. In column 1, line 3, ``County of Hawaii'' is corrected to read
``County of Honolulu''.
b. In column 2, line 5, ``1.2225'' is corrected to read ``1.225''.
7. On page 42935, in the chart entitled ``Impact of the IPS HHA
Limits, Effective 10/1/98'', the number ``12.3'' is moved from the
first column to the last column of the previous line.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.773
Medicare--Hospital Insurance)
Dated: October 9, 1998.
Michael W. Carleton,
Acting Deputy Assistant for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 98-28839 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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