Note: Please scroll down to the section titled "Related Links Outside CMS" to download and view the Proposed Rule.
Supplemental Proposed Rule CMS-1406-P2
Title: Medicare Program; Proposed Rate Year (RY) 2010 Medicare Severity Long-Term Care Diagnosis‑Related Group (MS‑LTC‑DRG) Relative Weights and High‑Cost Outlier Fixed‑Loss Amount
Description: This supplemental proposed rule presents both proposed rate year (RY) 2010 Medicare severity-long-term care diagnosis related groups (MS‑LTC‑DRG) weights and a proposed RY 2010 high cost outlier (HCO) fixed-loss amount based on the revised fiscal year (FY) 2009 MS‑LTC‑DRG relative weights presented in an interim final rule with comment period (CMS-1337-IFC) published elsewhere in the same Federal Register.
Note: This supplemental proposed rule went on display on May 29, 2009, and was published on June 3, 2009. See CMS‑1406-P2 in the "Related Links Outside CMS" section below.
The Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (CMS-1337-IFC) entitled "Revisions to FY 2009 Medicare Severity-Long-term Care Diagnosis-Related Group (MS-LTC-DRG) Weights" can be found at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/LongTermCareHospitalPPS/LTCHPPSRN/list.asp