97-12960. Medicare Program; Electronic Cost Reporting for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Home Health Agencies; Correction

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 27210]
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 Part 413

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Medicare Program; Electronic Cost Reporting for Skilled Nursing 
Facilities and Home Health Agencies; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the final rule published January 2, 
1997 (62 FR 26) that added the requirement that, for cost reporting 
periods ending on or after February 1, 1997, most skilled nursing 
facilities and home health agencies must submit cost reports currently 
required under the Medicare regulations in a standardized electronic 
format. The final rule also provided for a delay or waiver of this 
requirement where implementation would result in financial hardship for 
a provider. This document is necessary to conform the description of 
the rule in the preamble to the regulations text.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This correction is effective as of May 19, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tom Talbott, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are making the following correction to 
the January 2, 1997 final rule (62 FR 26):
    On page 29, in the third column, under the section labeled 
``Provisions of the Final Rule'' the phrase ``cost reporting periods 
beginning on or after February 1, 1997'' is corrected to read ``cost 
reporting periods ending on or after February 1, 1997''.

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

    Dated: May 12, 1997.
Thomas F. Joyce,
Acting, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resources 
Management.
[FR Doc. 97-12960 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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