# Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2005 Payment Rates; Wage Index Tables and Corrections
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Correction of final rule with comment period. · Published 2004-12-30 · Effective 2005-01-01 · 69 FR 78315
## Document
- **Document number:** 04-28253
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 69 FR 78315
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 419
- **Publication date:** 2004-12-30
- **Effective date:** 2005-01-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-1427-CN
## Abstract

This document corrects technical errors that appear in the final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2004 entitled "Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2005 Payment Rates." In addition, it provides additional information about the calendar year 2005 wage indices for this payment system that was not published in that final rule with comment period.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/12/30/04-28253/medicare-program-changes-to-the-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-system-and-calendar-year)
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