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GAO-11-584R 1 (2011-04-27)

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


         B-321855


         April 27, 2011

         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 A. Waxman
         Ranking Member
         Committee on Energy and Commerce
         House of Representatives

         The Honorable Dave Camp
         Chairman
         The Honorable Sander M. 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; Hospital Inpatient Prospective
                 Payment Systems for A cute Care Hospitals and Fiscal Year 2011 Final Wage
                 Indices Implementing the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act

         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 Medicare Program; Hospital
         Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and Fiscal Year
         2011 Final Wage Indices Implementing the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act
         (RIN: 0938-AQ97). We received the notice on April 14, 2011. It was published in the
         Federal Register as a notice on April 7, 2011. 76 Fed. Reg. 19,365.

         The notice contains the final fiscal year (FY) 2011 wage indices and hospital
         reclassifications and other related tables which reflect changes required by or
         resulting from the implementation of section 102 of the Medicare and Medicaid


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