title: Medicare Program; Explanation of FY 2004 Outlier Fixed-Loss   Threshold as Required by Court Rulings. Clarification.
abstract: In accordance with court rulings in cases that challenge the federal fiscal year (FY) 2004 outlier fixed-loss threshold rulemaking, this document provides further explanation of certain methodological choices made in the FY 2004 fixed-loss threshold determination.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016311:Outliers, DRG / Q000191:economics*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States