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GAO-07-864R 1 (2007-05-17)

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T  E  WAccountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548

          B-309466


          May 17, 2007

          The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy
          Chairman
          The Honorable Michael B. Enzi
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
          United States Senate

          The Honorable John D. Dingell
          Chairman
          The Honorable Joe Barton
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Energy and Commerce
          House of Representatives

          The Honorable Charles B. Rangel
          Chairman
          The Honorable Jim McCrery
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Ways and Means
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and
                  Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities
                  Prospective Payment System Payment Update for Rate Year Beginning
                  July 1, 2007 (RY2008)

          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 and Medicaid Services (CMS), entitled Medicare Program; Inpatient
          Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System Payment Update for Rate Year
          Beginning July 1, 2007 (RY 2008) (RIN: 0938-AO40). We received the rule on May 3,
          2007. It was published in the Federal Register as a notice on May 4, 2007. 72 Fed.
          Reg. 25,602.

          This notice updates the prospective payment rates for Medicare inpatient psychiatric
          facilities (IPFs). The changes are applicable to IPF discharges occurring during the
          year beginning July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008.


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