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GAO-12-737R 1 (2012-05-16)

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          GAO
        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
          B-323467

          May 16, 2012

          The Honorable Max Baucus
          Chairman
          The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Finance
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Fred Upton
          Chairman
          The Honorable Henry Waxman
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Energy and Commerce
          House of Representatives

          The Honorable Dave Camp
          Chairman
          The Honorable Sander Levin
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Ways and Means
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare &
                  Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Extension of Certain Wage Index
                  Reclassifications and Special Exceptions for the Hospital Inpatient
                  Prospective Payment Systems (PPS) for Acute Care Hospitals and the
                  Hospital Outpatient PPS

          Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
          major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers
          for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), entitled Extension of Certain Wage Index
          Reclassifications and Special Exceptions for the Hospital Inpatient Prospective
          Payment Systems (PPS) for Acute Care Hospitals and the Hospital Outpatient PPS
          (CMS-1442-N). We received the rule on May 3, 2012. It was published in the
          Federal Register as a notice on April 20, 2012. 77 Fed. Reg. 23,722.

          The notice announces changes to wage indices and hospital reclassifications in
          accordance with section 302 of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of
          2011 (TPTCCA) as amended by section 3001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and
          Job Creation Act of 2012 (MCTRJCA). Pub. L. No. 112-78, § 302, 125 Stat. 1280,
          1284 (2011); Pub. L. No. 112-96, § 3001, 126 Stat. 156, 185 (2012). TPTCCA and
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