97-26348. Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 1998 Rates; Corrections

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Parts 410 and 412

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RIN 0938-AH55


Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective 
Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 1998 Rates; Corrections

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Final rule with comment period; correction notice.

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SUMMARY: In the August 29, 1997, issue of the Federal Register (62 FR 
45966), we published a final rule with comment period revising the 
Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems for operating 
costs and capital-related costs to implement necessary changes 
resulting from the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. 105-33 and 
changes arising from our continuing experience with the system. This 
document corrects technical errors made in that document.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Edwards, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The August 29, 1997, final rule with comment 
period contained technical errors relating to codified regulations 
text. Therefore, we are making the following corrections:
    1. On page 46030, first column, in the amendatory language of item 
number 17, first line, the phrase ``In Sec. 412.108 paragraph (a)(1)'' 
is corrected to read ``In Sec. 412.108 the introductory text of 
paragraph (a)(1)''.
    2. On page 46037, second column, 26th line, the entry 
``Sec. 410.32(b)(1)'' is corrected to read ``Sec. 410.32(e)(1)''.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.778, Medical 
Assistance Program; No. 93.773 Medicare--Hospital Insurance; and No. 
93.774, Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance)

    Dated: September 30, 1997.
Neil J. Stillman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 97-26348 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]
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