# Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index; Correction
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Correction notice. · Published 1997-10-06 · Effective 1997-10-01 · 62 FR 52034
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-26468
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 52034
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 418
- **Publication date:** 1997-10-06
- **Effective date:** 1997-10-01
- **HHS docket:** BPD-820-CN
## Abstract

This document corrects the final rule published August 8, 1997 (62 FR 42859), that established a methodology to update the wage index used to adjust Medicare payment rates for hospice care included in the new wage index, to be effective October 1, 1997. This notice corrects the wage index entry for Cherokee, GA.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/06/97-26468/medicare-program-hospice-wage-index-correction)
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