CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM (parts 405 to 426) > PART 412—PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES > SUBPART L—The Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board (§412.230 to §412.280) > 412.252—Applications.

412.252—Applications.

(a) By one hospital. An individual prospective payment system hospital seeking redesignation to a different rural or urban area has the right to submit an application to the MGCRB.
(b) By a group of hospitals. A group of hospitals has the right to submit an application to the MGCRB requesting redesignation of all prospective payment hospitals in a county if all prospective payment hospitals located in a county agree to the request.
[55 FR 36766, Sept. 6, 1990, as amended at 69 FR 49250, Aug. 11, 2004]