99-24096. Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index; Correction

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24096]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-1039-CN2]
RIN 0938-AI87


Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice; correction notice.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects a typographical error that appeared in 
the notice published in the Federal Register on October 5, 1998, 
entitled ``Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: This correction is effective October 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Blackford, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 5, 1998, we published a notice in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 53446) announcing the annual update to the 
hospice wage index. The wage index is used to reflect local differences 
in wage levels. That update was effective October 1, 1998 and is the 
second year of a 3-year transition period. The provisions in this 
correction notice are effective as if they had been included in the 
document published in the Federal Register on October 5, 1998.
    On November 1, 1998, we published a notice (63 FR 63326) correcting 
the October 5, 1998 notice. In that correction notice, we inadvertently 
failed to make one typographical correction. Therefore, in FR Doc. 98-
26501 of October 5, 1998, we are now making the following correction:
     On page 53448, in Table A, under the MSA code number 1303 
for Burlington, VT, the wage index ``1.1037'' is corrected to read 
``1.0137''.

    Authority: Section 1814(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395f(i)(1)).

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

    Dated: September 8, 1999.
Brian P. Burns,
Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Information, Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 99-24096 Filed 9-15-99; 8:45 am]
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