On January 31, CMS published a Correction Notice in the Federal Register for the CY 2024 Home Health PPS Rate Update Final Rule to correct typographical and technical errors from sections about the quality reporting program, a table regarding proposed measures for the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model and in the discussion about the Hospice Informal Dispute Resolution and Special Focus Program.
 
The correcting document was effective January 31, 2024.
 
The corrections to the Federal Register Doc. 2023—24455 include:
 
1. On page 77680, top of the page, the table titled “Table Al: Summary of Costs, Transfers, and Benefits”, second row (HH QRP), third column (Transfers), line 6, the phrase “M2220— Therapy Needs” is corrected to read “M2200—Therapy Need”.
 
2. On page 77761, first column, second full paragraph, line 6, the date “April 1, 2024” is corrected to read “April 1, 2023”.
 
3. On page 77767, in the third column,
  • First partial paragraph, line 7, the date “April 1, 2024” is corrected to read “April 1, 2023”.
  • First full paragraph, line 6, the date “April 1, 2024” is corrected to read “April 1, 2023”.
4. On page 77778, in the table titled “TABLE D2: PROPOSED MEASURE SET FOR THE EXPANDED HHVBP MODEL”, columns 3 (Numerator) and 4 (Denominator) for the listed entries are corrected. See the chart on page 6021 at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-31/pdf/2024-01094.pdf.
 
5. On page 77779, following the table titled “Table D2: Proposed Measure Set for the Expanded HHVBP Model”, table note 3 “https://www.cms.gov/files/document/hh-qrp-specifications potentiallypreventablehospitalizations.pdf” is corrected to read “https://www.cms.gov/files/document/home-health-outcome-measures-table-oasis-e2023.pdf”.
 
6. On page 77801, first column, first partial paragraph, line 4, the phrase “the iQIES).” is corrected to read “the iQIES.”.
 
7. On page 77802,
  • First column, first full paragraph, line 32, the phrase “ ‘Sometimes’;” is corrected to read “‘Sometimes’.”.
  • Second column, first full paragraph, line 11, the phrase “top-box option: 9–10)” is corrected to read “top-box options: 9–10)”.
8. On page 77807, second column, second full paragraph, line 5, the term “BBVs” is corrected to read “bottom-box scores”.
 
9. On page 77851, top half of the page, first column, sixth full paragraph, lines 6 and 7, the date “April 1, 2024” is corrected to read “April 1, 2023,”.