Methodology for calculating the prospective payment rates.

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identifier: "/us/fr/2015-13434"
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title: "Methodology for calculating the prospective payment rates."
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section_number: "2015-13434"
section_name: "Methodology for calculating the prospective payment rates."
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agency: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
document_number: "2015-13434"
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publication_date: "2015-06-03"
agencies:
  - "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
  - "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services"
cfr_references:
  - "42 CFR Part 413"
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#  Methodology for calculating the prospective payment rates.

**CFR Correction**

In Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 1 to 399, revised as of October 1, 2014, make the following two corrections:

**42 CFR Part 413**

1. On page 817, in § 413.89, reinstate paragraph (h)(1)(iii) to read as follows:

§ 413.89

(h) * * *

(iii) For cost reporting periods beginning during fiscal year 2000, by 45 percent; and

**42 CFR Part 413**

2. On page 876, in § 413.337, reinstate paragraph (e) to read as follows:

§ 413.337

(e) Pursuant to section 101 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA) as revised by section 314 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA), using the best available data, the Secretary will issue a new regulation with a newly refined case-mix classification system to better account for medically complex patients. Upon issuance of the new regulation, the temporary increases in payment for certain high cost patients will no longer be applicable.