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  <title><![CDATA[  Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Long-Term Care  Hospitals: Proposed Annual Payment Rate Updates and]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-03-07-03-5206</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ In this proposed annual update of the payment rates for the 
Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital 
services provided by longterm care hospitals (LTCHs), we are proposing 
to change the annual period during which the updated payment rates for 
the LTCH PPS would be effective from October 1 through September 30 to 
July 1 through June 30. We also are proposing to change the publication 
schedule for these updates to allow for an effective date of July 1 
(instead of August 1). The proposed payment amounts and factors used to 
determine the proposed updated Federal rates that are described in this 
proposed rule have been determined based on this proposed revised 
update rate year. In addition, we are proposing that the annual update  of the longterm care diagnosisrelated groups (LTCDRG) <br/>
classifications and relative weights will remain linked to the annual 
adjustments of the acute care hospital inpatient diagnosisrelated 
group system, effective each October 1. The proposed outlier<script type="text/javascript">
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  <pubDate>Fri, Mar 7 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Procedures for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the  Special Exposure Cohort Under the Energy Employees]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-03-07-03-5604</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This document describes how the Department of Health and Human 
Services (``HHS'') proposes to consider designating classes of 
employees to be added to the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
(``EEOICPA''). Under EEOICPA, and Executive Order 13179, the Secretary 
of HHS is authorized to make such designations, which take effect 180 
days after Congress is notified unless Congress provides otherwise. An 
individual member (or the survivors of a member) of a class of 
employees added to the Special Exposure Cohort would be entitled to 
compensation if the Department of Labor (``DOL'') finds that employee 
incurred a specified cancer and the claim meets other requirements 
established under EEOICPA. HHS previously published a proposal for 
these procedures on June 25, 2002 (67 FR 42962). Public comment on the 
original proposal has led HHS to make substantial changes to the 
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  <pubDate>Fri, Mar 7 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States  and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-03-07-03-5166</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS issues this final rule to implement the 2003 fishery 
specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. 
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and state waters off the coasts of 
Washington, Oregon, and California. Final specifications include the 
levels of the acceptable biological catch (ABC) and optimum yields 
(OYs). Commercial OYs (the total catch OYs reduced by tribal 
allocations and by amounts expected to be taken in recreational and 
compensation fisheries) described herein are allocated between the 
limited entry and open access fisheries. Management measures for 2003 
are intended to prevent overfishing, rebuild overfished species, 
minimize incidental catch and discard of overfished and depleted 
stocks, provide equitable harvest opportunity for both recreational and 
commercial sectors, and, within the commercial fisheries, achieve 
harvest guidelines and limited entry and open access allocations to the 
extent practicable.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Mar 7 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-03-07-03-5430</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Commission has scheduled a public hearing on its proposed 
amendments for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2003. Witnesses will 
be invited to testify by the Commission on issues specified by the  Commission prior to the hearing. Tentative topics include <br/>
implementation of the SarbanesOxley Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107204, and 
changes to Sec.  2A1.4 (Involuntary Manslaughter). Further information 
regarding the public hearing will be provided by the Commission on its  Web site at <A HREF="/i.p/outbound/http://www.ussc.gov.<br/> ">http://www.ussc.gov.<br/> </A><br/> Web site at /i.p/outbound/www.ussc.gov.<br/> ">www.ussc.gov.<br/>
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