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Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; Correction

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title: "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; Correction"
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section_name: "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; Correction"
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agency: "Health and Human Services Department"
document_number: "2015-20336"
document_type: "proposed_rule"
publication_date: "2015-08-18"
agencies:
  - "Health and Human Services Department"
  - "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services"
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  - "42 CFR Part 409"
  - "42 CFR Part 424"
  - "42 CFR Part 484"
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#  Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; Correction

**AGENCY:**

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

**ACTION:**

Proposed rule; correction.

**SUMMARY:**

This document corrects technical errors in the proposed rule that appeared in the July 10, 2015 *Federal Register* entitled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements.”

**DATES:**

The comment due date for the proposed rule published in the *Federal Register* on July 10, 2015 (80 FR 39839) remains September 4, 2015.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Michelle Brazil, (410) 786-1648.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

**I. Background**

In FR Doc. 2015-16790, published in the *Federal Register* on July 10, 2015 (80 FR 39839), there were technical errors that are identified and corrected in the Correction of Errors section of this correcting document.

**II. Summary of Errors**

On page 39898, in our discussion of collection of OASIS data, we inadvertently provided an incorrect Web address for a Web site.

On page 39898, in our discussion concerning the specifications and data for NQF #0678, we inadvertently provided an incorrect Web address for a Web site.

**III. Correction of Errors**

In proposed rule FR Doc. 2015-16790, beginning on page 39840 in the issue of July 10, 2015, make the following corrections in the *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* :

1. On page 39898, in the first column, in the second full paragraph, the reference to the Web site beginning on line 25, “OASIS Manual *http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/* ” is corrected to read “downloads section *https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HomeHealthQualityInits/HHQIQualityMeasures.html* ”.

2. On page 39898, in the second column, in the first full paragraph, the Web site in line 11, “ *http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Post-Acute-Care-Quality-Initiatives/PAC-Quality-Initiatives.html* ” is corrected to read “ *https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HomeHealthQualityInits/HHQIQualityMeasures.html* ”.

Dated: August 12, 2015.

Madhura Valverde,

Executive Secretary to the Department, Department of Health and Human Services.