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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Part 484

[CMS–1265–CN2] 

RIN 0938–AM93

Medicare Program; Home Health 

Prospective Payment System Rate 

Update for Calendar Year 2005; 

Correction

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

ACTION: Correction of final rule.

SUMMARY: This document corrects 

technical errors that appeared in the 

final rule published in the Federal 

Register on October 22, 2004 entitled 

‘‘Medicare Program; Home Health 

Prospective Payment System Rate 

Update for Calendar Year 2005.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Randy Throndset, (410) 786–0131.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In FR Doc. 04–23440 of October 22, 

2004 (69 FR 62124), there were a 

number of technical errors that are 

identified and corrected in the 

Correction of Errors section below. We 

have determined that technical errors 

occurred in the hospital wage index 

calculation process for fiscal year 2005, 

necessitating adjustments to the hospital 

wage index. CMS and the fiscal 

intermediaries made errors in handling 

the data used to calculate certain 

average hourly wages, and wage 

indexes. The corrections are effective 

January 1, 2005. 

II. Correction of Errors 

In FR Doc. 04–23440 of October 22, 

2004 (69 FR 62124), replace the tables 

for Addenda A, B, and C on pages 

62139–62162 with the following: 

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III. Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking 

We ordinarily publish a notice of 

proposed rulemaking in the Federal 

Register to provide a period for public 

comment before the provisions of a 

notice such as this take effect in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). We 

can waive this procedure, however, if 

we find good cause that notice and 

comment procedure is impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contraryto the public 

interest and incorporate a statement of 

the finding and the reasons for it into 

the notice issued. 

The policies and payment 

methodology expressed in the CY 2005 

final rule have previously been 

subjected to notice and comment 

procedures. This correction notice 

merely provides technical corrections to 

the CY 2005 final rule that was 

promulgated through notice and 

comment rulemaking, and does not 

make substantive changes to the policies 

or payment methodology that were 

expressed in the final rule. Specifically, 

this correction notice revises inaccurate 

tabular data. We find it unnecessary to 

undertake further notice and comment 

procedures with respect to this 

correction notice. Therefore, we find 

there is good cause to waive the notice 

and comment procedures for this 

correction notice.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program)

Dated: November 22, 2004. 

Ann C. Agnew, 

Executive Secretary to the Department.

[FR Doc. 04–26174 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am] 

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