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

          B-318553


          August 25, 2009

          The Honorable Max Baucus
          Chairman
          The Honorable Charles E. Grassley
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Finance
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Henry A. Waxman
          Chairman
          The Honorable Joe L. Barton
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Energy and Commerce
          House of Representatives

          The Honorable Charles B. Rangel
          Chairman
          The Honorable Dave Camp
          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; Prospective Payment System and
                  Consolidated Billng for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY20-1, Minimum
                  Data Set, Version 3. 0 for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Medicaid Nursing
                  Facilties

          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; Prospective
          Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2010;
          Minimum Data Set, Version 3.0 for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Medicaid Nursing
          Facilities (RIN: 0938-AP46). We received the rule on July 31, 2009. It was published
          in the Federal Registeras a final rule on August 11, 2009 with a stated effective date
          of October 1, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 40,288.

          This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment
          system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), for fiscal year (FY) 2010. In


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