May 2004 Occupational Mix Public Use File

Posted May 13, 2004 The data in this occupational mix public use file will be used to adjust wage data in the calculation of the wage index for the FY05 final rule and contains data submitted to CMS through May 11, 2004. Consistent with the wage index database, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) have been removed according to our latest available data. The data is largely unedited except for minor formatting changes. Hospitals will have approximately one month to verify their occupational mix data and submit correction requests to both CMS and their FI to correct errors due to CMS or FI mishandling of the final occupational mix data.