title: Medicare program; Geographical Classification Review Board; procedures and criteria--HCFA. Interim final rule with comment period.
abstract: This interim final rule with comment period implements provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 establishing the Medicare Geographical Classification Review Board (MGCRB) and sets forth criteria for the MGCRB to use in issuing its decisions concerning the geographic reclassification of hospitals for purposes of payment under the prospective payment system.
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006761:Hospitals / Q000145:classification*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000145:classification*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000145:classification*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States