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GAO-08-777R 1 (2008-05-22)

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

          B-316424


          May 22, 2008

          The Honorable Max Baucus
          Chairman
          The Honorable Charles E. Grassley
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Finance
          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, 2008 (RY2009)

          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, 2008 (RY 2009) (RIN: 0938-AO92). We received the rule on May 2,
          2008. It was published in the Federal Register as a notice on May 7, 2008. 73 Fed.
          Reg. 25,709.

          The notice updates the prospective payment rates for Medicare inpatient psychiatric
          facilities (IPFs). The changes are applicable to IPF discharges occurring during the
          rate year beginning July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009.


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