The Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board
2520 Lord Baltimore Drive, Suite L
Baltimore, MD 21244-2670
Procedures and Other Information
PLEASE NOTE:
The following instructions and corresponding applications are being printed and distributed before the Final IPPS Rule is issued. The Final IPPS Rule should be published in the Federal Register on or about August 1, 2004. These applications reflect the Proposed IPPS Rule found in the May 18, 2004 Federal Register (69 Fed. Reg. 28196). Applicants are encouraged to review the Final IPPS Rule for changes or clarifications prior to filing an application as the Board will base its decisions on the Final IPPS Rule. The Board will be unable to issue further instructions prior to the date by which hospitals must submit an application for geographic reclassification (September 1, 2004).
INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2004 APPEALS (for Fiscal Years 2006 to 2008)
Instructions are available only as Adobe PDF files.
LISTINGS OF URBAN AND NONURBAN AREAS FOR FFY 2006
- listing of nonurban (rural) areas (10,161 bytes)
- listing of urban areas (51,801 bytes)
APPLICATION FORMS
Application forms are available only in Adobe PDF format.
LISTS OF MGCRB DECISIONS
Decision Lists are available only in Adobe PDF format.
- Key for MGCRB Decision Listings (61,440 bytes)
- Listing of 2001 MGCRB Decisions (for Fiscal Year 2003) (102,400 bytes)
- Listing of 2002 MGCRB Decisions (for Fiscal Year 2004) (86,016 bytes)
- Listing of 2003 MGCRB Decisions (for Fiscal Year 2005) (81,920 bytes)
- Listings of MGCRB Decisions for the Special One-Time Appeals Under Section 508
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