May 2004 Wage Index Public Use File

(PUF)-Posted May 13, 2004 The data in this public use file will be used in the calculation of the wage index for the FY05 final rule and contains data submitted to CMS through May 11, 2004. Hospitals will have approximately one month to verify their wage data and submit correction requests to both CMS and their FI to correct errors due to CMS or FI mishandling of the final wage data (see the wage index development timetable for further information).