Federal Register, Volume 69 Issue 59 (Friday, March 26, 2004)

[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 59 (Friday, March 26, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15703-15729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6338]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

42 CFR Parts 405 and 414

[CMS-1372-CN]
RIN 0938-AM97


Medicare Program; Changes to the Medicare Payment for Drugs for 
Calendar Year 2004; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction of interim final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects errors in the interim final rule with 
comment period that appeared in the Federal Register on January 7, 
2004, entitled ``Medicare Program; Changes to Medicare Payment for 
Drugs and Physician Fee Schedule Payments for Calendar Year 2004; 
Interim Final Rule.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Fan, (410) 786-0548.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In FR Doc. 03-32323 of January 7, 2004 (69 FR 1084), there were a 
number of technical errors that are identified and corrected in the 
Correction of Errors section below. The provisions in this correction 
notice are effective as if they had been included in the document 
published January 7, 2004. Accordingly, the corrections are effective 
January 1, 2004.
    In Addendum F, on page 1250, we provided payment limits for three 
categories of drugs: ``2004 Limit for Drugs (other than ESRD drugs 
separately billed by independent ESRD facilities and drugs infused 
through DME)'', ``2004 Limit for ESRD drugs separately billed by 
independent ESRD facilities'', and ``2004 Limit for Drugs when infused 
through DME.'' We inadvertently omitted and miscalculated some payment 
limits in the three columns and have corrected these errors. We are 
republishing Addendum F with the corrected information.

II. Correction of Errors

    In FR Doc. 03-32323 of January 7, 2004 (69 FR 1084), republish 
Addendum F.
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III. Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking

    We ordinarily publish a notice of proposed rulemaking in the 
Federal Register to provide a period for public comment before the 
provisions of a notice take effect. We can waive this procedure, 
however, if we find good cause that notice and comment procedure is 
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest and 
incorporate a statement of the finding and the reasons for it into the 
notice issued.
    In this case, we believe that it is unnecessary to subject the 
corrections identified above to public comment. These errors were the 
result of inadvertent omissions and pricing errors in Addendum F. Our 
corrections of the pricing errors and addition of pricing information 
in the addendum does not substantively change any policy nor affect the 
payment methodology established under the new legislation. For this 
reason, we find it unnecessary to provide the opportunity for comment 
on the technical corrections made in this notice. Therefore, we find 
good cause to waive notice and comment procedures.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.774, 
Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance Program.)

    Dated: March 4, 2004.
Ann C. Agnew,
Executive Secretary to the Department.
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